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Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 4"), 292 pp, MS [by James Tobin and John Davy, with...
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Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 4"), 292 pp, MS [by James Tobin and John Davy, with some sections and corrections by Humphry Davy]
Contains draft Dialogues of Consolations in Travel, dictated by Humphry Davy
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Pp.1-61 Dialogue 7: The chemical elements.
Pp.63-108 Dialogue 3: On the powers which act upon matter and produce chemical changes.
Pp.109-24 & 259-66 description [by John Davy] of his brother's final illness, his will, and the last few years of his life.
Pp.125-258 Dialogue respecting animal chemistry.
Pp.271-74 Salmonia
Pp.275-92 discussion of chemico-physiology, supporting Dr Black's "ancient view".
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- Royal Institution of Great Britain
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- English
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Papers and correspondence of Sir Humphry Davy.
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Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 4"), 292 pp, MS [by James Tobin and John Davy, with...