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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... theory of heat and light . — His ingenious experi- ment to demonstrate its truth . - He becomes known to Mr. Davies Gilbert , the founder of his future fortunes . — Mr . Gregory Watt arrives at Penzance , and lodges in the house of Mrs ...
... theory of heat and light . — His ingenious experi- ment to demonstrate its truth . - He becomes known to Mr. Davies Gilbert , the founder of his future fortunes . — Mr . Gregory Watt arrives at Penzance , and lodges in the house of Mrs ...
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... theory . - His Bakerian Lecture of 1806. - He discovers the sources of the acid and alkaline matter eliminated from water by Voltaic action . - On the nature of Electrical decom- position and transfer . - On the relations between the ...
... theory . - His Bakerian Lecture of 1806. - He discovers the sources of the acid and alkaline matter eliminated from water by Voltaic action . - On the nature of Electrical decom- position and transfer . - On the relations between the ...
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... Theory of Definite Proportionals . - Bodies precipitated from water are Hydrats . His letter to Sir Joseph Banks on a new detonating compound . — He is injured in the eye by its explosion . -His second letter on the subject . - His ...
... Theory of Definite Proportionals . - Bodies precipitated from water are Hydrats . His letter to Sir Joseph Banks on a new detonating compound . — He is injured in the eye by its explosion . -His second letter on the subject . - His ...
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... theory of heat and light . — His ingenious experiment to demonstrate its truth . - He becomes known to Mr. Davies Gilbert , the founder of his future fortunes . -Mr . Gregory Watt arrives at Penzance , and lodges in the house of Mrs ...
... theory of heat and light . — His ingenious experiment to demonstrate its truth . - He becomes known to Mr. Davies Gilbert , the founder of his future fortunes . -Mr . Gregory Watt arrives at Penzance , and lodges in the house of Mrs ...
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... theory of light ; and to ascertain whether , as land vegetables are the renovators of the atmosphere of land - animals , sea - vegetables might not be the pre- servers of the equilibrium of the atmosphere of the ocean . From these ...
... theory of light ; and to ascertain whether , as land vegetables are the renovators of the atmosphere of land - animals , sea - vegetables might not be the pre- servers of the equilibrium of the atmosphere of the ocean . From these ...
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