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DAVY, Humphry.

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY: A group of 7 important papers on chemical and geological subjects (journal extracts).

1811-1828.

1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good. Item #001901

1. On A Combination of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygene Gas, read February 21, 1811. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1811, Part One, pub. 1811, slim 4to, pp. 155-162. Modern stapled wrappers. ---- 2. On Some Combinations of Phosphorus and Sulphur, and On Some Other Subjects of Chemical Enquiry, read June 18, 1812. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1812. Slim 4to, pp. 405-415. Stapled. Paper somewhat frayed and soiled at margins. ---- 3. Further Experiments and Observations on Iodine, read June 16, 1814. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1814. Slim 4to, pp. 487-507. Stapled. ---- 4. Some experiments on a solid compound of iodine and oxygene, and on its chemical agencies, read April 20, 1815. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1815. 4to, pp. 203-213. Stapled. ---- 5. On the actions of acids on the salts usually called hyperoxymuriates, and on the gases produced from them, read May 4, 1815. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1815. 4to, pp. 214-219. Stapled. ---- 6. On the Phaenomena of Volcanoes, read March 20, 1828. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1828. 4to, pp. 241-250. Stapled. ----- 7. WHEATLEY, Henry B. Sir Humphry Davy, BART., P.R.S. Born December 17, 1778. Died May 29, 1829. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol.65, 1904, 8vo, 26 pp.

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