age ze us. sie a ne 
Aye eee 
De eee Eee aa ; 
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all the fundamental principles which Davy now brought forward 
as entirely new. #4 z 
In 1807, Davy received the prize of 3000 frances, offered by 
the Emperor Napoleon for the best set of experiments made dur- 
ing that year on the subject of galvanism. The merits of Ber- 
zelius and Hisinger were unnoticed, 
