OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. LL.D. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, FOREIGN ASSOCIATE &c. &c. &c. BY JOHN AYRTON PARIS, M.D. CANTAB. F.R.S. &c. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. M DCCC XXXI. ΤΟ HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G. D.C.L. &c. &c. &c. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY; THESE MEMOIRS OF A PHILOSOPHER WHOSE SPLENDID DISCOVERIES ILLUMINED THE AGE IN WHICH HE LIVED, ADORNED THE COUNTRY WHICH GAVE HIM BIRTH, AND 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. |