Historic Inventions
Historic Inventions
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Anything to do with natural science interested him. He sketched a great deal, and he was forever asking ques- Digitized by Google DAVY AND THE SAFETY-LAMP 133 tions of all the countrymen he met His questions made him famous in many a hamlet, where such in- quisitiveness had never been known before.
Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. To this end he visited tan-yards and femners, and in 1802 began to deliver a coiu-s...e of lectures on " The Connection of Chemistry with Vege- table Physiology." These lectures proved remarkably popular, and for ten years he repeated them at the meetings of the Board of Agriculture. They were later published in book form, and so great was their interest that they were translated into almost every European language. The Edinburgh Reinew^ that dean of British critics, said, " We feel grateful for his having thus suspended for a time the labors of original investi- gation, in order to apply the principles and discoveries of his favorite science to the illustration and improve- ment of an art which, above all others, ministers to the wants and comforts of man." When his agricultural researches were finished he went back to his studies with the voltaic pile or battery.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Anything to do with natural science interested him. He sketched a great deal, and he was forever asking ques- Digitized by Google DAVY AND THE SAFETY-LAMP 133 tions of all the countrymen he met His questions made him famous in many a hamlet, where such in- quisitiveness had never been known before.
Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. To this end he visited tan-yards and femners, and in 1802 began to deliver a coiu-s...e of lectures on " The Connection of Chemistry with Vege- table Physiology." These lectures proved remarkably popular, and for ten years he repeated them at the meetings of the Board of Agriculture. They were later published in book form, and so great was their interest that they were translated into almost every European language. The Edinburgh Reinew^ that dean of British critics, said, " We feel grateful for his having thus suspended for a time the labors of original investi- gation, in order to apply the principles and discoveries of his favorite science to the illustration and improve- ment of an art which, above all others, ministers to the wants and comforts of man." When his agricultural researches were finished he went back to his studies with the voltaic pile or battery.
What to read after Historic Inventions?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rupert Sargent Holland to read onlineMoreLess
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