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{i} family name; Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and demonstrated that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen; William Cavendish (1720-1764), 4th Duke of Devonshire, British statesman, former Prime Minister of Britain (1756-1757)
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Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes
British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
{i} type of sweet tobacco that is formed into cakes
Cavendish experiment
Measurement of the force of gravitational attraction between pairs of lead spheres, which allowed the first calculation of the value of the universal gravitational constant, G. Performed in 1797-98 by the British scientist Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) using a torsion balance, the experiment was popularly known as "weighing Earth," because determination of G permitted calculation of Earth's mass
Henry Cavendish
{i} (1731-1810) English chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and demonstrated that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen
Henry Cavendish
a British scientist who discovered hydrogen and also discovered the chemical composition of water (=the different parts it is made from) (1731-1810). born Oct. 10, 1731, Nice, France died Feb. 24, 1810, London, Eng. English physicist and chemist. A millionaire by inheritance, he lived as a recluse most of his life. He discovered the nature and properties of hydrogen, the specific heat of certain substances, and various properties of electricity. He measured the density and mass of the Earth by the method now known as the Cavendish experiment. He discovered the composition of air, work that led to the discovery that water is a compound rather than an element and to the discovery of nitric acid. He anticipated Ohm's law and independently discovered Coulomb's law of electrostatic attraction. He left his fortune to relatives who later endowed the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge (1871)
William Cavendish
{i} (1720-1764) 4th Duke of Devonshire, British statesman, former Prime Minister of Britain (1756-1757)
William Cavendish 1st duke of Newcastle
born 1593 died Dec. 25, 1676, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, Eng. British Royalist commander in the English Civil Wars. Through inheritances and royal favour, he became very wealthy. In 1642 he was given command of the four northern English counties and raised the siege of York (1642). After the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor, he left England for France and Holland. He returned at the Restoration and regained his estates. A patron of poets and dramatists, he also wrote several comedies
William Cavendish 1st duke of Newcastle -upon-Tyne
born 1593 died Dec. 25, 1676, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, Eng. British Royalist commander in the English Civil Wars. Through inheritances and royal favour, he became very wealthy. In 1642 he was given command of the four northern English counties and raised the siege of York (1642). After the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor, he left England for France and Holland. He returned at the Restoration and regained his estates. A patron of poets and dramatists, he also wrote several comedies
William Henry Cavendish Lord Bentinck
born Sept. 14, 1774, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, Eng. died June 17, 1839, Paris, France British colonial administrator. Born to wealth and rank, he was appointed governor of Madras in 1803. Recalled in 1807 after a mutiny of Indian troops at Vellore, he pressed for the next 20 years for a chance to vindicate his name. In 1828 he was named governor-general of Bengal (in effect, of all India), and he served until 1835. He reformed the country's finances, opened up administrative and judicial posts to Indians, suppressed bands of assassins known as thugs, and abolished suttee. His policies helped pave the way to independence more than a century later
cavendish

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    Cav·en·dish

    Turkish pronunciation

    kävındîş

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkavəndəsʜ/ /ˈkævəndɪʃ/
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