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Davy, Humphry Sir 1778-1829

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Works:644 works in 1,186 publications in 15 languages and 13,315 library holdings
Roles:Former owner, Correspondent, Honoree, Recipient
Classifications:hb151, 550
Most widely held works about Humphry Davy
 
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Most widely held works by Humphry Davy
Elements of agricultural chemistry in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture by Humphry Davy( Book )
76 editions published between 1813 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 378 libraries worldwide
Humphry Davy on geology : the 1805 lectures for the general audience by Humphry Davy( Book )
5 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 280 libraries worldwide
The decomposition of the fixed alkalies and alkaline earths by Humphry Davy( Book )
21 editions published between 1894 and 2010 in English and held by 264 libraries worldwide
The elementary nature of chlorine by Humphry Davy( Book )
11 editions published between 1894 and 1953 in English and held by 246 libraries worldwide
Consolations in travel, or, The last days of a philosopher by Humphry Davy( Book )
48 editions published between 1830 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 236 libraries worldwide
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy( Book )
24 editions published between 1840 and 2001 in English and held by 171 libraries worldwide
Elements of chemical philosophy by Humphry Davy( Book )
12 editions published between 1812 and 1972 in English and German and held by 164 libraries worldwide
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy. Edited by his brother, John Davy by Humphry Davy( Book )
in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide
Six discourses delivered before the Royal Society at their anniversary meetings, on the award of the Royal and Copley medals preceded by an address to the Society, on the progress and prospects of science by Humphry Davy( Book )
5 editions published in 1827 in English and held by 140 libraries worldwide
On the safety lamp for coal miners with some researches on flame by Humphry Davy( Book )
4 editions published in 1818 in English and held by 114 libraries worldwide
Salmonia: or; Days of fly fishing. In a series of conversations; with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo by Humphry Davy( Book )
20 editions published between 1828 and 1970 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide
Elements of chemical philosophy. Vol. 1, pt. 1 by Humphry Davy( Book )
5 editions published in 1812 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide
Electrochemische untersuchungen by Humphry Davy( Book )
5 editions published between 1893 and 1986 in German and held by 102 libraries worldwide
On the safety lamp for preventing explosions in mines, houses lighted by gas, spirit warehouses, or magazines in ships, &c with some researches on flame by Humphry Davy( Book )
3 editions published in 1825 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide
Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture by Humphry Davy( Book )
12 editions published between 1813 and 1839 in English and held by 98 libraries worldwide
Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or dephlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration by Humphry Davy( Book )
6 editions published between 1800 and 1839 in English and held by 97 libraries worldwide
"Davy discovered the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide and suggested its use during surgical operations ..."--Garrison-Morton.
A lecture on the plan which it is proposed to adopt for improving the Royal Institution and rendering it permanent delivered in the Theatre of the Royal Institution, March 3d, 1810 by Humphry Davy( Book )
4 editions published in 1810 in English and held by 93 libraries worldwide
An account of some experiments and observations on the constituent parts of certain astringent vegetables, and on their operation in tanning by Humphry Davy( Book )
4 editions published in 1803 in English and held by 93 libraries worldwide
On the analysis of soils as connected with their improvement by Humphry Davy( Book )
4 editions published in 1805 in English and held by 92 libraries worldwide
A treatise on soils and manures as founded on actual experience, and as combined with the leading principles of agriculture, in which the theory and doctrines of Sir Humphry Davy, and other agricultural chemists, are rendered familiar to the experienced farmer by Practical agriculturist( Book )
2 editions published in 1818 in English and held by 87 libraries worldwide
 
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Alternative Names
Angler, 1778-1829
Angler 1778-1829 $d1778-1829
Davy, H.
Davy, H. (Humphry), Sir, 1778-1829
Davy, Humphrey 1778-1829
Davy, Humphrey, Sir, 1778-1829
Davy, Humphry
Davy, Humphry, Sir, bart., 1778-1829.
Dévi, Gemfri, 1778-1829
Dévy, Gemfri, Sir, 1778-1829
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Young Humphry Davy : the making of an experimental chemistCuriosity perfectly satisfyed : Faraday's travels in Europe, 1813-1815
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