Transcriber's note: This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the second. The first volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #45394, available at http:www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45394. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Please see the end of this Project for further notes. THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. LL.D. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, &c. &c. &c. BY JOHN AYRTON PARIS, M.D. CANTAB. F.R.S. &c. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. M DCCC XXXI. CONTENTS. CHAPTER X. Mr. Faraday's introduction to Sir H. Davy.--A renewed correspondence on the subject of the Gunpowder Manufactory.--Davy obtains permission from Napoleon to visit the Continent.--He embarks in a Cartel from Plymouth.--Is arrested at Morlaix.--Arrives at Paris.--Visits the Louvre.--His extraordinary conduct upon that occasion.--Inspects the Colossal Elephant, and is introduced to M. Alavair, its architect.--The discovery of the dungeons of the Bastile.--Davy's interesting letter to M. Alavair.--He attends a meeting of the Institute.--Is visited by all the principal savans of Paris.--The adventure which befell Lady Davy in the Thuilleries' Garden.--Anniversary dinner of the Philomatic Society.--The junior Chemists of France invite Davy to a splendid entertainment.--How far Davy is entitled to be considered the discoverer of the true nature of Iodine.--Napoleon's unlucky experiment with the Voltaic battery.--Davy is presented to the Empress Josephine.--An account of the Court ceremony at Malmaison.--Remarks on the conduct of Davy during his visit to Paris.--He quits the capital of France, and proceeds by way of Lyons, to Montpellier.--Is assisted in experiments on sea-weed by M. Berard.--Crosses the Alps.--Arrives at Genoa.--Institutes experiments on the Torpedo.--Visits Florence, and accomplishes the combustion of the diamond, by the great lens in the cabinet of Natural History.--Experiments on Iodine.--He examines the colours used by the Ancients.--Visits all the celebrated Philosophers of Italy and Switzerland, with whom he works in their laboratories.--Returns to England 1 CHAPTER XI.