DAVY, HUMPHRY.

Further Experiments and Observations on Iodine. Read June 16, 1814.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1814 - Part II. Pp. 487-507.

First appearance of a classic paper on Iodine. Iodine was discovered in 1811 by the French chemist Curtois and the proof of its elementary nature was given independently by Davy and Gay-Lussac.

In the offered paper Davy "describes Iodine monochloride (chlorionic acid), composed of 'one portion of iodine, and one of chlorine', and bright yellow trichloride...Davy also rediscovered phosphonium iodide as a sublimate of white cubic crystals by the action of iodine on phosphorus in presence of a little water, but thought they were a compound of hydroidic acid and phosphorus...(Partington IV, p. 89).

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