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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... paper . At my request , it was committed to the flames ; but not until I had promised to supply the loss by another memoir . The sketches by which I redeemed this pledge were published in a weekly journal - THE SPECTATOR ; and they have ...
... paper . At my request , it was committed to the flames ; but not until I had promised to supply the loss by another memoir . The sketches by which I redeemed this pledge were published in a weekly journal - THE SPECTATOR ; and they have ...
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... papers on Eu- diometry , and other subjects . - His first communication to the Royal Society , on a new galvanic pile . - He is proposed as a Fel- low , and elected into the Society . - His paper on astringent vege- table substances ...
... papers on Eu- diometry , and other subjects . - His first communication to the Royal Society , on a new galvanic pile . - He is proposed as a Fel- low , and elected into the Society . - His paper on astringent vege- table substances ...
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... Paper on the Analysis of the Wavellite . - His Memoirs on a new method of analysing Minerals which contain a fixed Alkali . - Reflections on the discovery of Galvanic Electricity CHAPTER VI . 188 The History of Galvanism divided into ...
... Paper on the Analysis of the Wavellite . - His Memoirs on a new method of analysing Minerals which contain a fixed Alkali . - Reflections on the discovery of Galvanic Electricity CHAPTER VI . 188 The History of Galvanism divided into ...
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... -His second letter on the subject . - His paper on the Substances produced in different Chemical processes on Fluor Spar . His work on Agricultural Chemistry 358 } SIR THE LIFE OF HUMPHRY DAVY , BART . xvi CONTENTS .
... -His second letter on the subject . - His paper on the Substances produced in different Chemical processes on Fluor Spar . His work on Agricultural Chemistry 358 } SIR THE LIFE OF HUMPHRY DAVY , BART . xvi CONTENTS .
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... papers in the Philosophical Transactions . Humphry Davy was nursed by his mother , and passed his infancy with his parents ; but his child- hood , after they had removed from Penzance to * For these materials I acknowledge myself ...
... papers in the Philosophical Transactions . Humphry Davy was nursed by his mother , and passed his infancy with his parents ; but his child- hood , after they had removed from Penzance to * For these materials I acknowledge myself ...
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