Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart: Late President of the Royal Society, Etc;; With a Sketch of His Life and Selections From His Correspondence (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart: Late President of the Royal Society, Etc;; With a Sketch of His Life and Selections From His Correspondence

It may be asked, why the materials now brought together, have been kept back so long? Why they were not given in the Memoirs published so many years ago? The reason is, that the majority of them were not then in my possession, most of them having been transferred to me since the death of his widow, in May, 1855.

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Excerpt from Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart: Late President of the Royal Society, Etc;; With a Sketch of His Life and Selections From His Correspondence

"History may be formed from permanent monuments and records, but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less, and in a short time is lost for ever." - Dr. Johnson.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.