Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 5"); 158pp, MS (some notes written by Davy with his...

Calfskin-covered notebook (7" x 5"); 158pp, MS (some notes written by Davy with his left hand).

Contains

Pp.1-19 Rome, 11 April 1819: descriptive notes

P.19 sketches

Pp.20-23 draft poem

Pp.25-26 poem: "To look in Nature with a poet's eye".

Pp.27-38 notes on Stevenson's claim to have discovered the safety lamp

P.38 geological notes

Pp.39-43 draft poems

P.41 sketches

P.44 notes on climate, October 1819

Pp.45-46 notes for experiments to be done at Rome

Pp.47-57 On the structure of the solid parts of the globe, or geology: Bologna, 30 September 1819

Pp.58-59 calculations

Pp.60-84 On the structure of the solid parts of the globe .... cont.

Pp.85-88 results of a chemical examination of deposits taken from the Baths of Lucca.

Pp.89-94 draft poem

Pp.95-97 poem: "What is there in life's stormy day".

Pp. 98-106 draft poems

Pp.106-116 obituary of John Playfair

Pp.119-122 draft poem

Pp.118 continuation of chemical dialogues

Pp.123-148 continuation of chemical dialogues

Pp.149-150 plan of experiments to ascertain if the cold of high regions depends upon an increased radiation

Pp.151, 153 sketches

Pp.152-153 geological notes

Pp.156-158 calculations