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Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

British politician and chemist (1818–1898)

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Images by Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

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  • Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by Lyon Playfair. Ph. D.

Images featuring Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

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  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.
  • Museum of Practical Geology: a lecture by Lyon Playfair on the chemistry, manufacture and uses of glass. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Stipple engraving by G. Cook after A. Claudet.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Colour lithograph by C. Pellegrini [Ape], 1875.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Barraud.
  • Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Barraud.

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    Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by L. Playfair.

    Justus von Liebig | Date: 1842
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    • Online

    Subjects of social welfare / by Sir Lyon Playfair.

    Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair | Date: 1889
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    Facts about vaccination : speeches in Parliament, 19th June, 1883 / by Sir Lyon Playfair and Sir Chas. Dilke, Bart.

    Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair | Date: [1883?]
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    Memoirs and correspondence of Lyon Playfair / Thomas Wemyss Reid ; a new introd. by Colin Armstrong.

    Thomas Wemyss Reid | Date: 1976
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    Vivisection : a speech delivered in the House of Commons on the second reading of Mr. Reid's Bill for the total suppression of scientific experiments upon animals, April 4th, 1883 / by the Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair.

    Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair | Date: [1883]
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Justus von Liebig

Related topics

Eyeglasses
Chemistry, Agricultural
Vaccination
Smallpox

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