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Paris, J.A. The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL.D., former president of the Royal Society, foreign associate of the Royal Institute of France. 2 vols. London, Colburn & Bentley, 1831. With 1 engraved portrait frontispiece and 1 folded facsimile, as well as several woodcut illustrations. XVI, 416 pp.; 1 fol., pp. (V)-VIII, 463 pp. Contemporary half-leather binding (spines and corners restored, slightly rubbed). First edition. — Among other things, Davy invented the safety mining lamp for use in mines in 1815. — Front endpaper replaced. Some pages slightly browned and with foxing; facsimile with a small tear.
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