The Royal Institution: Its Founder and Its First ProfessorsLongmans, Green, 1871 - 431 páginas |
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... Davies Gilbert was chosen . Young , that he had not quite enough of the devil in him , that Sir Joseph Banks should have left his eyebrows to go with his cocked hat , if he had left the Society nothing else . " In the summer of 1828 he ...
... Davies Gilbert was chosen . Young , that he had not quite enough of the devil in him , that Sir Joseph Banks should have left his eyebrows to go with his cocked hat , if he had left the Society nothing else . " In the summer of 1828 he ...
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... Davies Gilbert heard that the boy was fond of making chemical experiments . He encouraged him and spoke of him to Dr ... Gilbert proposed Davy . He went on October 2 , 1799 , to superintend experiments on the medical powers of factitious ...
... Davies Gilbert heard that the boy was fond of making chemical experiments . He encouraged him and spoke of him to Dr ... Gilbert proposed Davy . He went on October 2 , 1799 , to superintend experiments on the medical powers of factitious ...
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... Davies Gilbert : DEAR FRIEND , ( For I love you too well to call you by a more ceremonious name ) , I have delayed writing to you , expecting that some of our experiments would produce results worthy 1798-9 . Ær . 20-1 . ] PROFESSOR ...
... Davies Gilbert : DEAR FRIEND , ( For I love you too well to call you by a more ceremonious name ) , I have delayed writing to you , expecting that some of our experiments would produce results worthy 1798-9 . Ær . 20-1 . ] PROFESSOR ...
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... Davies Gilbert : I cannot think of quitting the Pneumatic Institution without giving you information of it in a letter ; indeed , I believe I should have done this some time ago had not the hurry of business and the fever of emotion ...
... Davies Gilbert : I cannot think of quitting the Pneumatic Institution without giving you information of it in a letter ; indeed , I believe I should have done this some time ago had not the hurry of business and the fever of emotion ...
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... Davies Gilbert , October 26 : DEAR FRIEND , -The anxieties and hopes connected with a new occupation have prevented me from paying sufficient attention even to the common duties and affections of life 1802. T. 24. ] 329 PROFESSOR DAVY .
... Davies Gilbert , October 26 : DEAR FRIEND , -The anxieties and hopes connected with a new occupation have prevented me from paying sufficient attention even to the common duties and affections of life 1802. T. 24. ] 329 PROFESSOR DAVY .
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