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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Page iii
... OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN AND HOSTILE NATIONS THE HOMAGE OF ADMIRATION AND THE MEED OF GRATITUDE , ARE , BY THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS , DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND RESPECT , BY THE AUTHOR . 41911 PREFACE . THE ...
... OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN AND HOSTILE NATIONS THE HOMAGE OF ADMIRATION AND THE MEED OF GRATITUDE , ARE , BY THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS , DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND RESPECT , BY THE AUTHOR . 41911 PREFACE . THE ...
Page vii
... obtained that celebrity they now enjoy , had not Mr. Watt availed himself of their application for the improve- ment of the steam - engine ; and the views of Sir H. Davy respecting the true nature of chlorine become daily more important ...
... obtained that celebrity they now enjoy , had not Mr. Watt availed himself of their application for the improve- ment of the steam - engine ; and the views of Sir H. Davy respecting the true nature of chlorine become daily more important ...
Page xvi
... obtained from the mutual action of Potassium and Ammonia upon each other . - His belief that he had decomposed Nitrogen . - He discovers Telluretted Hydrogen . Whether Sulphur , Phosphorus , and Carbon may not contain Hydrogen . - He ...
... obtained from the mutual action of Potassium and Ammonia upon each other . - His belief that he had decomposed Nitrogen . - He discovers Telluretted Hydrogen . Whether Sulphur , Phosphorus , and Carbon may not contain Hydrogen . - He ...
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... obtained from the metallic blocks which commonly lie about the streets of a coinage town , and demand from his companions a certain number of pins for the privilege of witnessing the operation . At an early age , but I am unable to ...
... obtained from the metallic blocks which commonly lie about the streets of a coinage town , and demand from his companions a certain number of pins for the privilege of witnessing the operation . At an early age , but I am unable to ...
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... obtained a fly - leaf , torn out of a Schrevelius ' Lexicon , on which the Dra- matis Persona , as well as the names of the young actors , were registered , as originally cast . This do- cument appears so interesting , that I have ...
... obtained a fly - leaf , torn out of a Schrevelius ' Lexicon , on which the Dra- matis Persona , as well as the names of the young actors , were registered , as originally cast . This do- cument appears so interesting , that I have ...
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