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Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher

Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher

by T. E. Thorpe

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Author
Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1845-1925
Credits
Produced by Sonya Schermann, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QD: Science: Chemistry
Subject
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54862
Release Date
June 7, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HUMPHRY DAVY POET AND PHILOSOPHER — The Century Science Series.
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.Humphry Davy , POET AND PHILOSOPHER. — CHAPTER I. PENZANCE: 1778–1798.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE PNEUMATIC INSTITUTION, BRISTOL, 1798–1801.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE PNEUMATIC INSTITUTION, BRISTOL, 1798–1801 ( continued ).
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE ISOLATION OF THE METALS OF THE ALKALIS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. CHLORINE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. MARRIAGE—KNIGHTHOOD—ELEMENTS OF CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY—NITROGEN TRICHLORIDE—FLUORINE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. DAVY AND FARADAY—IODINE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE SAFETY LAMP.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. DAVY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY—HIS LAST DAYS.
  15. 15.INDEX.
  16. 16.Transcriber’s Notes

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