Henry Cavendish
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Henry Cavendish was an English experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable
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Cavendish's apparatus for making and collecting hydrogen
1879 copy of "The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish F.R.S."
Title page of a 1879 copy of "The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish F.R.S."
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, was a British nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and Lady Mary Butler. A prominent Whig, he was swo
Henry Cavendish
…time. His mother was Lady Anne de Grey, fourth daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his father was Lord Charles Cavendish, the third son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. The family traced its lineage across eight centuries to Norman times, and was closely connected to many aristocratic families of Great Britain. Henry's…
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt