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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... . -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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... produced an explosion , which put the Doctor , and all his glass bottles , in jeopardy . " This boy Humphry is incorrigible ! " — " Was there ever so idle a dog ! " —— " He will blow us all into the air ! " Such were the constant ...
... produced an explosion , which put the Doctor , and all his glass bottles , in jeopardy . " This boy Humphry is incorrigible ! " — " Was there ever so idle a dog ! " —— " He will blow us all into the air ! " Such were the constant ...
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... produce any thing rather than a fa- vourable impression : in riper years , he was what might be called " good - looking , " although , as a wit of the day observed , his aspect was certainly of the " Bucolic " character . The change ...
... produce any thing rather than a fa- vourable impression : in riper years , he was what might be called " good - looking , " although , as a wit of the day observed , his aspect was certainly of the " Bucolic " character . The change ...
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... produced a very favourable impression upon Dr. Beddoes , by his experiments upon Heat and Light , which he had some time before transmitted to him through the hands of his friend Mr. Gregory Watt . This fact may be collected from a note ...
... produced a very favourable impression upon Dr. Beddoes , by his experiments upon Heat and Light , which he had some time before transmitted to him through the hands of his friend Mr. Gregory Watt . This fact may be collected from a note ...
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... produce any light . The experiment was repeated in carbonic acid , and with a similar result . Small particles were in each case separated from the steel , which , on microscopic examina- tion , evidently appeared to have undergone ...
... produce any light . The experiment was repeated in carbonic acid , and with a similar result . Small particles were in each case separated from the steel , which , on microscopic examina- tion , evidently appeared to have undergone ...
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