Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL. D. FRS Foreign Associate of the Institute of France, &c: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1836 - 419 pages |
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