The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy (8 volume set)

Published by Johnson Reprint Corp., 1972

3806702411 / 9783806702415

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8 volume set (lacking v.8). Bound in red cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: v.1. Memoirs of his life; v.2. Early miscellaneous papers; v.3. Researches, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide; v.4. Elements of chemical philosophy; v.5. Bakerian lectures, and miscellaneous papers from 1806 to 1815; v.6. Miscellaneous papers and researches; v.7. Discourses delivered before the Royal Society, and Agricultural lectures, pt. 1; v.9. Salmonia, and Consolation in travel. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Sir Humphry Davy as an English chemist who discovered several chemical elements (including sodium and potassium) and compounds, invented the miner's safety lamp, and became one of the greatest exponents of the scientific method. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).…

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Title
The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy (8 volume set)
Author
Humphry Davy, John Davy (Editor)
Publisher
Johnson Reprint Corp.
Publication year
1972
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Hardcover
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3806702411
ISBN 13
9783806702415
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