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- 1731-1810. British physicist. He discovered
- hydrogen (which he called `inflammable air')
- 1766, and determined the compositions of
- water and of nitric acid. A grandson of the
- second Duke of Devonshire, he devoted his
- life to scientific pursuits, living in
- rigorous seclusion in Clapham Common, London.
- The Cavendish experiment was a device of his
- to discover the mass and density of the
- Earth. The Cavendish experiment was a device
- of his to discover the mass and density of
- the Earth.
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