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... Edinburgh , he was removed to the University of that city , in which he continued his studies for several years ; but without taking a degree , although destined for the medical profession . In the year 1791 , at the age of seventeen ...
... Edinburgh , he was removed to the University of that city , in which he continued his studies for several years ; but without taking a degree , although destined for the medical profession . In the year 1791 , at the age of seventeen ...
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... Edinburgh , with whom he had become acquainted Davy received the appointment , and became lecturer to the institu- tion and director of the laboratory . It is a singular fact , that although Davy's attention had never been confined to ...
... Edinburgh , with whom he had become acquainted Davy received the appointment , and became lecturer to the institu- tion and director of the laboratory . It is a singular fact , that although Davy's attention had never been confined to ...
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... Edinburgh , after having acquired some preliminary medical knowledge at the Infirmary at Manchester . Prudential considerations compelled him to leave the University at the end of a year , and commence general medical practice in ...
... Edinburgh , after having acquired some preliminary medical knowledge at the Infirmary at Manchester . Prudential considerations compelled him to leave the University at the end of a year , and commence general medical practice in ...
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... Edinburgh , the son of a poor joiner or cabinetmaker , was born at the village of Largo , in the county of Fife . Although both weak and sickly as a child , he soon acquired considerable knowledge of mathematical and physical science ...
... Edinburgh , the son of a poor joiner or cabinetmaker , was born at the village of Largo , in the county of Fife . Although both weak and sickly as a child , he soon acquired considerable knowledge of mathematical and physical science ...
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... Edinburgh , where , though he formally entered the Divinity Hall , he contrived to de- vote his first session to the sciences , particularly chemistry ; in fact , Leslie seems early to have relinquished all thoughts of the Church - a ...
... Edinburgh , where , though he formally entered the Divinity Hall , he contrived to de- vote his first session to the sciences , particularly chemistry ; in fact , Leslie seems early to have relinquished all thoughts of the Church - a ...
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Page 139 - Watt, who directing the force of an original genius early exercised in philosophic research to the improvement of the steam-engine, enlarged the resources of his country, increased the power of man, and rose to an eminent place among the most illustrious followers of science, and the real benefactors of the world.
Page 70 - Having never seen the disease but in its casual way before, that is when communicated from the cow to the hand of the milker, I was astonished at the close resemblance of the pustules, in some of their stages, to the variolous pustules.
Page 69 - ... so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new residence, and be thus compelled to abandon its young one; for old cuckoos take their final leave of this country the first week in July.