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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

Includes

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
Language
English
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Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 4"), 292 pp, MS [by James Tobin and John Davy, with...