The Life of Sir Humphry Davy: Late President of the Royal Society Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of FranceHenry Colburnan and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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... considered the discoverer of the true nature of Iodine . - Napoleon's unlucky experiment with the Voltaic battery . - Davy is presented to the Empress Josephine . - An account of the Court ceremony at Malmaison . - Remarks on the ...
... considered the discoverer of the true nature of Iodine . - Napoleon's unlucky experiment with the Voltaic battery . - Davy is presented to the Empress Josephine . - An account of the Court ceremony at Malmaison . - Remarks on the ...
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... considered as nearly lost . Its decline may be attributed to two causes . In the first place , to the change of taste in fitting up the interior of our mansions ; and in the next , to the introduction of composition for the enrichment ...
... considered as nearly lost . Its decline may be attributed to two causes . In the first place , to the change of taste in fitting up the interior of our mansions ; and in the next , to the introduction of composition for the enrichment ...
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... considered as indicating the future character and pursuit of their author ; an ardent aspiration after fame seems , even at this early period , to have been felt in all its force , and is expressed in many striking and beautiful ...
... considered as indicating the future character and pursuit of their author ; an ardent aspiration after fame seems , even at this early period , to have been felt in all its force , and is expressed in many striking and beautiful ...
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... considered as a part of Mr. Davy's medical education , and that it will be a great saving of expense to him . It may also be the foundation of a lucrative reputation ; and certainly nothing on my part shall be wanting to secure to him ...
... considered as a part of Mr. Davy's medical education , and that it will be a great saving of expense to him . It may also be the foundation of a lucrative reputation ; and certainly nothing on my part shall be wanting to secure to him ...
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... considered , with Mr. Mason , that the objections urged by the learned historian of the Royal Society are wholly untenable . He talks of " the souls of men thus appearing undressed , or in a habit too negligent to go abroad in the ...
... considered , with Mr. Mason , that the objections urged by the learned historian of the Royal Society are wholly untenable . He talks of " the souls of men thus appearing undressed , or in a habit too negligent to go abroad in the ...
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