The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c. &c. &c, Volume 1Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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... Laboratory . - Potash decomposed by a che- mical process . - Letters to Children , and Pepys . - The true nature of Potash discovered . Whether Ammonia contains oxygen.- Davy's severe Illness . He recovers and resumes his labours ...
... Laboratory . - Potash decomposed by a che- mical process . - Letters to Children , and Pepys . - The true nature of Potash discovered . Whether Ammonia contains oxygen.- Davy's severe Illness . He recovers and resumes his labours ...
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... laboratory ; and Mr. Gilbert proposed Davy as a person fully competent to fill the situation . The young candidate had al- ready produced a very favourable impression upon Dr. Beddoes , by his experiments upon Heat and Light , which he ...
... laboratory ; and Mr. Gilbert proposed Davy as a person fully competent to fill the situation . The young candidate had al- ready produced a very favourable impression upon Dr. Beddoes , by his experiments upon Heat and Light , which he ...
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... seeing medical practice : this part of the arrangement , however , was voluntarily abandoned by him , for he soon became so absorbed by the labours of the laboratory , as to leave little leisure for the clinical SIR HUMPHRY DAVY . 57.
... seeing medical practice : this part of the arrangement , however , was voluntarily abandoned by him , for he soon became so absorbed by the labours of the laboratory , as to leave little leisure for the clinical SIR HUMPHRY DAVY . 57.
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John Ayrton Paris. laboratory , as to leave little leisure for the clinical studies of the hospital . The Pneumatic Institution was established for the purpose of investigating the medical powers of factitious airs or gases ; and to Davy ...
John Ayrton Paris. laboratory , as to leave little leisure for the clinical studies of the hospital . The Pneumatic Institution was established for the purpose of investigating the medical powers of factitious airs or gases ; and to Davy ...
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... laboratory in the Pneumatic Institution is nearly finished , and we shall begin the investigations in about a fortnight . We shall begin by trying the gases in their simplest mode of application , and gradually carry on the more complex ...
... laboratory in the Pneumatic Institution is nearly finished , and we shall begin the investigations in about a fortnight . We shall begin by trying the gases in their simplest mode of application , and gradually carry on the more complex ...
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