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Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810)
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Cavendish, Henry
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18th Century
Born : Nizza (France), 1731
Died : London (England), 1810
Cavendish studied natural sciences at Cambridge from 1749-1753. From 1753 he carried out private laboratory investigations on gases and discovered hydrogen and nitrogen using an improved eudiometer. He determined the densities of various gases and studied the composition of water. Cavendish was able to determine the gravitational constant in Newton’s laws.