1812. MT. 34.] SIE HUMPHRY DAVY. 385 



As no table of the proportional weights of chemical 

 substances entering into combination is to be found in 

 Sir H. Davy's work, Dr. Young says he took the liberty 

 of inserting one formed from Davy's numbers and from 

 the experiments of Berzelius and Eichter. 



He thus ended his review, ' The character of Sir Hum- 

 phry Davy's researches has always been that of the most 

 interesting originality, and we have certainly no reason 

 to complain that he has in his experiments very 

 commonly forsaken the beaten path. 



6 With all its excellences this work must be allowed 

 to bear no inconsiderable marks of haste, and we would 

 easily have conjectured, even if the author had not 

 expressly told us so in his dedication, that the period 

 employed on it " has been the happiest of his life." In 

 that and in every other happiness which may have 

 befallen him we shall ever most sincerely rejoice ; nor 

 shall we think the public will have any reason to 

 reproach him with having done too little for science, 

 even if he should fail at any future time in his avowed 

 resolution of pursuing it " with unabated ardour ; " that 

 he has not yet so failed is become from a late accident 

 a matter of public notoriety, and if we may expect 

 perseverance to be at all commensurate to success, we 

 have no reason to be apprehensive of his passing any 

 part of his life in inactivity. 



6 The style and manner of this work are nearly the 

 same with those of the author's lectures delivered in 

 the theatre of the Eoyal Institution. They have been 

 much admired by some of the most competent judges 



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