HUMPHRY DAVY
POET AND PHILOSOPHER

The Century Science Series.

EDITED BY
SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., F.R.S.

John Dalton and the Rise of Modern Chemistry.
By Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S.

Major Rennell, F.R.S., and the Rise of EnglishGeography.
By Sir Clements R. Markham, C. B., F.R.S., Presidentof the Royal Geographical Society.

Justus von Liebig: his Life and Work (1803–1873).
By W. A. Shenstone, F.I.C., Lecturer on Chemistry inClifton College.

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy.
By Agnes M. Clerke, Author of “A Popular Historyof Astronomy during the 19th Century,” &c.

Charles Lyell and Modern Geology.
By Rev. Professor T. G. Bonney, F.R.S.

James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics.
By R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College,Cambridge.

Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher.By T. E. Thorpe, LL.D., F.R.S., Principal Chemist ofthe Government Laboratories.

In Preparation.

Michael Faraday: his Life and Work.
By Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S.

Pasteur: his Life and Work.
By M. Armand Ruffer, M.D., Director of the BritishInstitute of Preventive Medicine.

Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species.
By Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Hope Professorof Zoology in the University of Oxford.

Hermann von Helmholtz.
By A. W. Rücker, F.R.S., Professor of Physics in theRoyal College of Science, London.

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