Notebook (7¼” x 5″); MS; 158 pp Includes poetry and scientific notes. Pp.5-11 poem: “Those to whom…

Description: Notebook (7¼" x 5"); MS; 158 pp Includes poetry and scientific notes. Pp.5-11 poem: "Those to whom heaven its noblest gifts assigned". Pp.13-18 poem: "Oh were I rich in nature's lore". Pp.19-22 poem: "Rude Winter! iron sceptred power". Pp.23-24 poem: "How oft the little sportive child". Pp.25-27 poem: "Lost scenes by thee so sweetly traced". P. 29 poem: "With thee for ever could I stay". P. 30 poem: "Whene' er you speak, heav'n how the listening throng". Pp.31-2 poem: "Lo! once again with jocund sway". Pp.33-35 poem: "Thou that dost this scroll survey". Pp.37-41 30 June 1810: experiments to ascertain "if oxygene exists or can be detected in oxymuriatic acid". Pp.43-51 notes on ammonia. P.52 sketch Pp.53-104 unused Pp.105-110 poem: "Hail loved one to thy natal morn"; 4 Feb. 1812 Pp.116-121 notes on ammonia and calculations. Pp.122-126 decomposition of water. Pp.128-32 ammonia Pp.133-35 combustion of potash Pp.137-8 on gases Pp.139-45 calculations P.146 notes on diamond. Pp.147-8 notes on copper pyrites. Pp.150-52 notes on the decomposition of granites. Pp.153-4 notes on the absorption of mercury. Pp.154-5 notes on the quantity of hydrogen in acids and gases. P.156 note on the expansion of gases. P.157 calculations. P.158 draft poetry.

Date: 01/01/1810 - 31/12/1812

Last import: September 11, 2017