Item VI/vii/14 - An Experimental Inquiry into the Cause of the Changes of Colour in Opake and Coloured Bodies . .

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRE-VI/vii/14

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An Experimental Inquiry into the Cause of the Changes of Colour in Opake and Coloured Bodies . .

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  • 1957 (Accumulation)
  • 1777 (Publication)

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4to, 1 volume

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(1729-1814)

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DELAVAL, EDWARD HUSSEY, brother of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); bapt. 12 Jun 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Hutton's); left 1748; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 4 Jul 1747, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow of Pembroke Coll. 1751; contested Newcastle 1754; studied chemistry and experimental philosophy; FRS 6 Dec 1759, Copley Medal 1766; member, Royal Societies of Göttingen and Uppsala, and of Institute of Bologna; inherited Seaton Delaval estate, Northumberland, on death of his elder brother John Hussey Delaval, Baron Delaval (qv), in 1808; author, The Cause of Changes in Opaque and Coloured Bodies, 1777, and of various papers published in Philosophical Transactions; m. 22 Dec 1808 Sarah, dau. of George Scott, Methley, Yorks.; d. 14 Aug 1814. Buried in nave, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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WS-GRE-VI/vii/14

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GB 2014

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  • English

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  • Latin

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