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
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
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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
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
…Cavendish (23 November 1701 – 14 December 1741) Lord Charles Cavendish (17 March 1704 – 28 April 1783) married Anne Grey on 9 January 1727, father of Henry Cavendish Lady Anne Cavendish (died 23 August 1780 aged 70…
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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."