INDEX.
- Address from Whitehaven colliers to Davy, [203]
- Agriculture, Davy’s lectures on, [94] et seq.; [165]
- Alkali metals, Isolation of, [114], [116];
- their properties, [118]
- Alkaline earths, Decomposition of, [126]
- Ammonia: Davy’s conjectures as to its nature, [121]
- Ammonium amalgam: Davy’s views as to its nature, [127]
- Ammonium nitrate, Modes of decomposition of, [43]
- “Annual Anthology, The,” [18], [57]
- Apreece, Mrs., [159], [162]
- Babington, Dr., his character, [224]
- Bakerian lecture, Origin of, [100]
- Banks, Sir Joseph, his opinion of the Royal Institution, [80];
- his account of Davy’s courtship, [162];
- his opinion of Davy, [213];
- death of, [212]
- Beddoes, Mrs., [28]
- ——, Thomas, [23];
- letters to Davies Gilbert, [24], [25];
- engages Davy as chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, [25];
- his testimony to Davy’s originality, [32];
- his end, [65]
- Bernard, Thomas, [66], [67], [80]
- Berthollet, Davy’s account of, [179];
- his theory of the nature of chlorine, [136], [144]
- Berzelius, Jakob, [94], [109], [143], [154]
- Bonaparte’s medal for discoveries in galvanism awarded to Davy, [109]
- Borlase, Bingham, [15], [25]
- Boron, Isolation of, [129]
- Brande, William Thomas, succeeds Davy as Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, [176]
- Brownrigg, Lady, her account of Davy, [111]
- Buddle, John, [194], [195], [201], [204], [209];
- letter to Davy, [201]
- Cardew, Dr., Master of Truro Grammar School, his opinion of Davy as a boy, [12]
- Chlorine, Discovery of, by Scheele, [136];
- its nature, [134] et seq.;
- controversy as to its nature, [143];
- its bleaching power explained, [149];
- its liquefaction by Northmore, [149];
- by Faraday, [149]
- —— compounds, Davy’s nomenclature of, [149]
- Chlorophosphamide, [138]
- Coal-owners’ Testimonial to Davy, [205], [208]
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, his opinion of Davy, [18], [55], [57], [88];
- letters to Davy, [57], [58], [59];
- letter to Purkis, [88]
- Colouring matters of the Ancients, Investigation of, by Davy, [185], [187]
- “Consolations in Travel,” [232]
- Copley medal awarded to Davy, [213]
- Coryton, Mr., Master of Penzance Grammar School, his methods of tuition, [12], [13], [53]
- Cottle, Amos, his account of Davy, [55]
- Cuvier, Davy’s account of, [178]
- Davy: His birth, [9];
- becomes chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, [25];
- goes to the Royal Institution, [63];
- his views on the Atomic Theory, [146], [147];
- marriage, [163];
- is knighted, [164];
- is elected a member of the Institute, [179];
- is created a baronet, [211];
- his illness, [221], [224];
- death, [234];
- burial, [234];
- his character, [235], [236];
- as an angler, [158], [159], [229];
- as a lecturer, [71], [73] et seq., [84], [86];
- as a man of society, [87], [115];
- as a poet, [17], [18], [19], [125], [179]
- Davy’s letters: To Mrs. Apreece, [159], [160], [161];
- to Mr. Children, [168], [223];
- to Lady Davy, [226], [227], [228];
- to Dr. John Davy, [163], [165], [183], [222], [231], [232];
- to Faraday, [174];
- to Mr. Davies Gilbert, [29], [40], [51], [63], [85], [228];
- to Dr. Gray, [195], [197];
- to Rev. Mr. Hodgson, [196];
- to Dr. Hope, [62], [69];
- to his mother, [13], [26], [27], [52], [62], [79], [158], [163], [176], [188], [211], [223];
- to Mr. Poole, [88], [214], [225], [228], [232];
- to his sisters, [116]
- —— nomenclature of chlorine compounds, [149]
- Davy medal, The, [235]
- ——, Edmund, cousin of Humphry Davy, [114], [123], [133]
- ——, Edmund, grandfather of Humphry Davy, [10]
- ——, Lady, her character, [189], [190], [191]
- ——, Robert, father of Humphry Davy, [9], [10]
- Diamond, Davy’s investigation of nature of, [184]
- Dibdin, Dr., his address on the occasion of Davy’s illness, [123]
- Edgeworth, Maria, her account of the respiratory action of nitrous oxide, [41];
- her account of Davy’s visit to Ireland, [112], [158];
- on Mrs. Apreece, [165]
- Electro-chemical Theory of Davy, [106]
- Electrolytic decomposition of water, Discovery of, by Nicholson and Carlisle, [90]
- Electro-magnetism, Davy’s contributions to, [218]
- “Elements of Chemical Philosophy,” Davy’s, [167]
- Euchlorine, [142], [151]
- Faraday, Michael, attends Davy’s lectures, [143];
- joins the Royal Institution, [173];
- his letters to Abbott concerning Davy, [188], [189];
- his relations to Davy, [220]
- “Fidelissima,” her sonnets to Davy, [78]
- Fire-damp explosions, [193]
- Flame, Davy’s investigations on, [209]
- Fluorine, Attempts to isolate, by Davy, [170]
- —— theory, The, [172] et seq.
- “Fuming liquor of Cadet,” Davy’s investigation of, [132]
- Garnett, Thomas, first lecturer in the Royal Institution, [68]
- Gay Lussac, Davy’s account of, [179]
- Gilbert, Davies (Davies Giddy), [21], [22]
- Gray, Rev. Dr., his association with Davy, [195], [197]
- Heat a mode of motion, [32]
- “Heat, Light, and the Combinations of Light,” [30], [37]
- Hippesley, Sir John, [69], [80]
- Hodgson, Rev. Mr., his association with Davy, [194], [196], [201]
- Horner, Francis, his opinion of Davy as a lecturer, [77]
- Humboldt, Davy’s account of, [178]
- Hydrogen chloride, Synthesis of, by Cruickshank, [139]
- Iodates, Davy’s investigation of, [184]
- Iodine, Discovery of, by Courtois, [180];
- investigation of, by Clement, [180];
- by Davy, [180] et seq.;
- by Gay Lussac, [180]
- Ireland, Davy’s views on, [112];
- his lectures in, [156] et seq.
- Lavoisier’s “Elements”—character as a text-book, [19]
- “Liquor of Libavius,” Action of ammonia on, studied by Davy, [137]
- Lockhart’s account of Davy, [110], [217]
- Nitrogen believed by Davy to be a compound, [132] et seq.
- —— chloride, Investigation of, by Davy, [168];
- its explosion injures Davy, [169]
- —— oxides, Davy’s work on, [42], [45]
- Nitrosulphonic acid, [154]
- Nitrous oxide, discovery of its respirability, [41], [46], [49];
- composition of, [45];
- effect of breathing, [49]
- Oxymuriatic acid, Davy’s memoir on, [134]
- Papyri, Davy’s attempts to unroll, [211]
- Penzance, State of society in, at close of 18th century, [14]
- Phosoxygen, [30], [33], [35], [37]
- Phospham, [138]
- Phosphorous acid and oxide, [153]
- —— chlorides discovered by Davy, [129], [152];
- action of ammonia on, [137];
- action of water on, [140];
- analysis of, [153]
- Pneumatic Institution, Bristol, [23], [27], [29]
- Potassamide, Preparation of, [129]
- Potassium, Isolation of, [114] et seq., [116] et seq.;
- properties of, [116]
- Priestley, Joseph, [38]
- Purkis, Mr., his account of Davy’s lectures, [77]
- Royal Institution, The, its origin and character, [66], [79];
- its chemical laboratory, [90], [133];
- minutes of Managers, [63], [72], [166], [175], [176]
- —— medals, the, Institution of, [216]
- —— Society, Davy’s election into the, [213];
- becomes Secretary, [112];
- becomes President, [214];
- his views of its functions, [215]
- Rumford, his theory of heat, [32];
- founds the Royal Institution, [66];
- visit of Davy to, at Auteuil, [177]
- —— medal awarded to Davy, [213]
- Safety lamp, its invention, [192] et seq.;
- account of, by Playfair, [203]
- “Salmonia,” Account of, [229]
- Scheele, discoverer of chlorine, [136]
- Scott, Sir Walter, his friendship for Lady Davy, [162];
- his friendship for Davy, [217]
- Ship-sheathing, Davy’s experiments on, [222]
- Silex in plants, [39]
- Sodium, Isolation of, [118];
- properties of, [119]
- Southey, Robert, his opinion of Davy, [18], [55], [56];
- letter to Davy, [56]
- Steel-mill, The, [193]
- Stephenson, George, his attempts to make a safe lamp, [205]
- Tanning, Lectures on, [72]
- Telluretted hydrogen, Discovery of, by Davy, [131]
- Tepidarians, The, [75], [78]
- Ticknor’s account of Davy, [190];
- of Lady Davy, [190]
- Tonkin, John, Davy’s benefactor, [9], [13], [20], [25], [53]
- Torpedo, Electricity of, [183], [231]
- Trinity College, Dublin, confers honorary LL.D. on Davy, [158]
- Vauquelin, Davy’s account of, [178]
- Vesuvius, Davy’s investigations on, [185], [187], [212]
- Volta, Davy’s account of, [186];
- Faraday’s account of, [188]
- Voltaic electricity, Davy’s contributions to, [93], [99], [100], [113], [114], [126], [131]
- —— pile, Discovery of, [90], [93]
- Warington, Professor, his estimate of Davy as an agricultural chemist, [98]
- Watt, Gregory, his character, [21], [52]
- Wavellite, Davy’s analysis of, [94]
- “West Country Collection,” [30];
- characteristics of Davy’s contributions to, [37]
- Wollaston, William Hyde, character of, [214], [217];
- his death, [232]
- Wordsworth meets Davy on Helvellyn, [110]
- Young, Thomas, his connection with the Royal Institution, [72];
- his review of Davy’s “Elements of Chemical Philosophy,” [167];
- death of, [234]
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