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Há 10 horas · In 1783, Michell's friend Henry Cavendish wrote to him mentioning some difficulty Michell was having with the construction of a new, even larger telescope.
Há 4 dias · The other interests of Henry Cavendish. Project Archivist Erinna Cave discovers Henry Cavendish's wider interests and acquaintances, which included Duchess Georgiana. 28 June 2024. Project Archivist Erinna Cave shares her latest discoveries from the papers of scientist Henry Cavendish, revealing details of his further interests and friendships.
Há 3 dias · Henry Cavendish independently conceived a theory of electricity nearly akin to that of Aepinus. In 1784, he was perhaps the first to utilize an electric spark to produce an explosion of hydrogen and oxygen in the proper proportions that would create pure water.
24 de jun. de 2024 · In 1766, English chemist Henry Cavendish isolated hydrogen, which he called "inflammable air". Cavendish discovered hydrogen as a colorless, odourless gas that burns and can form an explosive mixture with air, and published a paper on the production of water by burning inflammable air (that is, hydrogen) in dephlogisticated air (now ...
21 de jun. de 2024 · The gravitational constant G was first measured in 1797–98 by the English scientist Henry Cavendish. He followed a method prescribed, and used an apparatus built, by his countryman the geologist and astronomer John Michell, who had died in 1793.
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21 de jun. de 2024 · Copley Medal, the most prestigious scientific award in the United Kingdom, given annually by the Royal Society of London “for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science.”. The Copley Medal is named for Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1709), a member of the Royal Society.
Há 3 dias · 1798 – Henry Cavendish tests Newton's law of universal gravitation using a torsion balance, leading to the first accurate value for the gravitational constant and the mean density of the Earth. 1800s. 1846 – Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams, studying Uranus' orbit, independently prove that another, farther planet must exist.
