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was a warrior ; but if, on the contrary, he should prove to have 

 been an ennobled cook, we must say, with such an historical 

 precedent, to let our scientific author remain i( au natural" 

 like an ungarnished dish, would be a scandal to the age we 

 live in, and though we do not venture to interfere with Sir 

 George Nayler, or the Herald's College, we humbly hint our 

 persuasion, that the Emperor of Elba, in his best day, would 

 have been proud to bestow on him an order of merit, and he 

 would have blazed in his title page, as Prince Perigord— Duke 

 de Ragout — Baron Btahamele ! 



We shall resume this important subject at an early oppor- 

 tunity. 



Catalogue of the Works of Sir H. Davy, of Dr. Wollaston, 

 and of Dr. Young. 



Titles of Papers by Sir H. Davy, in the Transactions of the 

 Royal Society. 

 An Account of some Galvanic Combinations formed by Single Metallic 

 Plates and Fluids, analogous to the Galvanic Apparatus of M. Volta. Read 

 June 18, 1801. Vol. xci., p. 397. 



An Account of some Experiments and Observations on the Constituent 

 Parts of certain Astringent Vegetables ; and on their Operation in Tanning. 

 Read Feb. 24, 1803. Vol. xciii., p. 233. 



An Account of some Analytical Experiments on a Mineral Production 

 from Devonshire, consisting principally of Alumine and Water. Read 

 Feb. 28, 1805. Vol. xcv., p. 155. 



On a Method of Analysing Stones containing a Fixed Alkali, by means 

 of the Boracic Acid. Read May 16, 1805. Vol. xcv., p. 231. 



The Bakerian Lecture. On some Chemical Agencies of Electricity. Read 

 Nov. 20, 1806. Vol. xcvii., p. 1. 



The Bakerian Lecture. On some New Phenomena of Chemical Changes 

 produced by Electricity, particularly the Decomposition of the Fixed 

 Alkalies, and the Exhibition of the New Substances which constitute their 

 Bases ; and on the General Nature of Alkaline Bodies. Read Nov. 1 9, 1807. 

 Vol. xcviii., p. 1. 



Electro-Chemical Researches on the Decomposition of the Earths; with 

 Observations on the Metals obtained from the Alkaline Earths ; and on the 

 Amalgam procured from Ammonia. Read June 30, 1808. Vol. xcviii., 

 p. 333. 



