Author:Henry Cavendish

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Henry Cavendish (1731–1810)

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A British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen.

Henry Cavendish

Works

• An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phaenomena of Electricity, by means of an Elastic Fluid Phil. Trans. January 1, 1771
• Experiments to determine the Density of the Earth. Phil. Trans., Vol. 88 1798

Works about Cavendish

• “Cavendish, Henry,” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911
• “Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810),” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• Cavendish, in Biographies of Scientific Men (1912)
• Russell McCormmach, Christa Jungnickel: Cavendish: The experimental life. Bucknell, Cranbury N.J. 1999, ISBN 0-8387-5445-7
• Russell McCormmach: Speculative truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural philosophy and the rise of modern theoretical science. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-516004-5