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[DAVY, Sir Humphry (1778-1829)]. BEDDOES, Thomas (1760-1808). Contributions to Physical and Medical Knowledge. Pp. 4-147 and 151-198. Bristol and London: Biggs & Cottle, for T.N. Longman and G. Rees, 1799.
8o (207 x 127 mm). (Library stamp in two places.) Contemporary calf (hinges cracked, library mark on spine). Provenance: Boylston Medical Library (bookplate); Boston Medical Library (ink stamp in two places).
FIRST EDITION. Contains the first appearance of two scientific papers by Davy: An essay on heat, light and the combinations of light (pp. 4-147) and An essay on the generation of phosoxygen, or oxygen gas. And on the causes of colours in organic beings (pp. 151-198). "Beddoes's most significant contribution to science was the discovery of Humphry Davy, whom he appointed superintendent of his Pneumatic Institution, for the treatment of diseases by administration of gases, when Davy was just nineteen" (Norman). Norman 606.
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FIRST EDITION. Contains the first appearance of two scientific papers by Davy: An essay on heat, light and the combinations of light (pp. 4-147) and An essay on the generation of phosoxygen, or oxygen gas. And on the causes of colours in organic beings (pp. 151-198). "Beddoes's most significant contribution to science was the discovery of Humphry Davy, whom he appointed superintendent of his Pneumatic Institution, for the treatment of diseases by administration of gases, when Davy was just nineteen" (Norman). Norman 606.