Download or read book The Life Sir Humphry Davy, Bart, LL. D, Vol. 1 of 2 written by John Ayrton Paris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life Sir Humphry Davy, Bart, LL. D, Vol. 1 of 2: Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate, of the Royal Institute of France, &C, &C, &C Is it not possible that the errors of partiality, which have so frequently been charged upon the writer on these occasions, may often be ascribed, with greater truth and justice, to the prejudices of the reader - that, after all, the distortion might not have existed m the portrait itself, but in the optics of the observer Such an opinion, however, even were it true, carries along with it no consolation to the biographer for I know. Of no method by which the picture can be adapted to the focus of every eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.