Chemist and inventor. LS, one page, 10 x 16, March 24, 1808. Partly pre-printed letter sent to a gentleman who submitted a “paper on the form of the teeth of Wheels,” to the Royal Society, signed at the conclusion by Davy as the Society’s secretary. In very good condition, with some partial separations along intersecting folds, creasing and wrinkling over signature, scattered toning and small area of paper loss from wax seal. R&R COA.