Excerpt from The Compressibilities of the Elements and Their Periodic RelationsIt is interesting to note that this paragraph clearly gives to Davy the pri ority concerning this matter; but undoubtedly the later writers (including the present author) developed the hypothesis independently of Davy and of one another.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.