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The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,â€
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First of all, "hoped to found" is wrong.
I choose A.
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,â€
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I would go with A.
I'm not sure of B, bcos 'his envisioning' in the sentence points to Boyle or to Humphry Davy??
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Critique = the systematic inquiry into the limits of a doctrine or set of concepts
You can surf this link when you have the time...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critic
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[quote="kumarajeet06"]The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,â€
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I think 'since' can only be used to indicate time periods.
I think its B...Whats the OA??
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OA is B 
I was confident that it would be A
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Re: SC - Humphry Davy [#permalink]
31 Mar 2007, 12:05
[quote="GMAThopeful"]The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,â€
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I thought that the phrase "...and also.." is redundant.. Could anyone explain, please?
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A,E -> sounds like he is critiquing himself
D -> 'from robert boyle forward' is not idiomatic
C -> as well new chemistry' is a broken sentence
B is good.
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trivikram wrote: what does critique mean?
It means "a critical review or commentary". 
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