The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL. D., Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c, Volume 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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... action . - On the nature of Electrical decom- position and transfer . - On the relations between the Electrical energies of bodies , and their Chemical affinities . - General deve- lopement of the Electro - chemical Laws ...
... action . - On the nature of Electrical decom- position and transfer . - On the relations between the Electrical energies of bodies , and their Chemical affinities . - General deve- lopement of the Electro - chemical Laws ...
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... 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 decomposes Boracic acid ...
... 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 decomposes Boracic acid ...
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... action to the rhythm , inflicted upon the hand of the unlucky scholar the verberations of that type and instrument of peda- goguish authority - the flat ruler . Here we have another example of the seduction of sound , argued by our ...
... action to the rhythm , inflicted upon the hand of the unlucky scholar the verberations of that type and instrument of peda- goguish authority - the flat ruler . Here we have another example of the seduction of sound , argued by our ...
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... action was marked by ingenuousness and can- dour , qualities which endeared him to his youthful associates , and gained him the love of all who knew him . " Nor can I find , " says his sister , " beloved as he must have been by my ...
... action was marked by ingenuousness and can- dour , qualities which endeared him to his youthful associates , and gained him the love of all who knew him . " Nor can I find , " says his sister , " beloved as he must have been by my ...
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... actions and writings of Dr. Franklin , has by himself been refer- red to the sense of injustice early imprinted upon his mind by the severe and tyrannical conduct of his elder brother ; while , at the same time , he tells us that he was ...
... actions and writings of Dr. Franklin , has by himself been refer- red to the sense of injustice early imprinted upon his mind by the severe and tyrannical conduct of his elder brother ; while , at the same time , he tells us that he was ...
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