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The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Salmonia, or ...

The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Salmonia, or ...

Sir Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy John Davy. DIALOGUE THE THIRD. THE UNKNOWN. THE same persons accompanied me in many journeys by land and water to different parts of the Phlegrwan fields, and we enjoyed in a most delightful season, the ...
Davy Harwood: Davy Harwood Series

Davy Harwood: Davy Harwood Series

Tijan

Being empathic is the least of Davy's problems. She wants to go to college and live a normal life until someone gives her something she doesn't want. Now she has to deal with the supernatural and a prophecy that no one knows about.
An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its ...

An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its ...

John Davy

With travels in that island John Davy. of the other rivers of Ceylon, especially those of lesser magnitude, are equally liable. The other four rivers, the names of which have been given, are in respect to size of second rate, a circumstance ...
Humphry Davy

Humphry Davy

Raymond Lamont-Brown

Born in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.
Humphry Davy: Science and Power

Humphry Davy: Science and Power

David Knight

An entertaining, accessible biography of Humphry Davy, professional scientist, inventor, and poet.
Davy: Post-Holocaust Stories

Davy: Post-Holocaust Stories

Edgar Pangborn

Davy is set in the far future of our world, in the fourth century after the collapse of what we describe as the twentieth-century civilisation.
Davy the Punk: A Story of Bookies, Toronto the Good, the Mob ...

Davy the Punk: A Story of Bookies, Toronto the Good, the Mob ...

Bob Bossin

My favourite of my father's stories of racetrack chicanery was about Morris Fishman, and I heard it, like so many other of his recollections, on a muggy summer night at Maple Leaf Stadium. Davy and his cronies always gathered in the cheap ...
The Angler in the Lake District; Or, Piscatory Colloquies ...

The Angler in the Lake District; Or, Piscatory Colloquies ...

John Davy

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

Patricia Hills

Presents a collection of twenty-six short stories concerning the exploits of such Americans as Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson
The Royal Society: 1875

The Royal Society: 1875

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1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. William Murdoch. Etienne Louis Malus. William Charles Wells. Sir Humphry Davy. David Brewster. Augustin Jean Fresnel. John Frederic Daniell. Macedonio Melloni. John Dalton. James Ivory.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

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Thomas Graham. Rev. Adam Sedgwick. Charles Darwin. Benjamin Count Rumford. John Leslie. William Murdoch. Etienne Louis Malus. William Charles Wells. Sir Humphry Davy. David Brewster. Augustin Jean Fresnel. John Frederic Daniell.
The Chinese

The Chinese

sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.)

sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) an experiment." And yet this discovery of the metallic base of potash was one result of the investigations of Sir Humphry Davy, whose practical applications of his scientific discoveries to useful and beneficial ...
Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

John Davy

The authors discuss the role of counselling skills as used by professionals, and those in training, working with patients and families of patients for whom treatment is no longer aimed at curing an illness.
On hope, evolution and change: selected essays

On hope, evolution and change: selected essays

John Davy

The twenty-seven articles in this book reflect the author's work as scientist, journalist, and lecturer: articles on questions of evolution, language, education, science, caring for the planet, life after life, and contemporary thinkers ...
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research

Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research

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A collection of family papers relating mostly to the West Indies and to (a) Sir William Stapleton, 1st bart. (d. 1686), including his 'Answer ... (d) correspondence , papers, diaries and note-books of Sir Humphry Davy (d. 1829), his brother Dr. John ...

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