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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Page 19
... amongst his friends ; and Mr. Children informs me , that , during an excursion , they attempt- ed to teach him the air of God save the King , ' but their efforts were unavailing . It may be a question how far the following fact , with ...
... amongst his friends ; and Mr. Children informs me , that , during an excursion , they attempt- ed to teach him the air of God save the King , ' but their efforts were unavailing . It may be a question how far the following fact , with ...
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... amongst the first that attracted the attention of this latter philosopher ; indeed , he tells us himself , that he played , and at the profound researches in which he was engaged , notwithstanding the poverty under which he laboured ...
... amongst the first that attracted the attention of this latter philosopher ; indeed , he tells us himself , that he played , and at the profound researches in which he was engaged , notwithstanding the poverty under which he laboured ...
Page 85
... Amongst Davy's letters to Mr. Gilbert , I find one written on a proof sheet of the chapter of con- tents of the above work , and which may not be uninteresting in this place . TO DAVIES GIDDY , ESQ . July 3 , 1800 . THAT our feelings ...
... Amongst Davy's letters to Mr. Gilbert , I find one written on a proof sheet of the chapter of con- tents of the above work , and which may not be uninteresting in this place . TO DAVIES GIDDY , ESQ . July 3 , 1800 . THAT our feelings ...
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... amongst the cata- logue of follies to which he considers the English nation to be addicted . Taking leave of these laughing philosophers , we must now proceed to a much more serious branch of the subject of Pneumatic Medicine . " Having ...
... amongst the cata- logue of follies to which he considers the English nation to be addicted . Taking leave of these laughing philosophers , we must now proceed to a much more serious branch of the subject of Pneumatic Medicine . " Having ...
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... amongst the first to insist upon its being simply a mechanical mixture of these gases . In consequence of the highly deleterious experi- ments which have been already described , and of the constant labours of the laboratory , and the ...
... amongst the first to insist upon its being simply a mechanical mixture of these gases . In consequence of the highly deleterious experi- ments which have been already described , and of the constant labours of the laboratory , and the ...
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