cavendish

• Nom propre associé au chimiste et physicien britannique Henry Cavendish, connu pour avoir établi que l'eau est un composé d'hydrogène et d'oxygène et pour avoir calculé la densité de la Terre.

A proper noun referring to a British chemist and physicist known for establishing that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, and for calculating the density of the Earth.

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1. Henry CavendishB2formalbritishscientific

   An 18th-century British chemist and physicist known for discovering hydrogen, determining the composition of water, and calculating the Earth's density.

   Henry Cavendish

   • Cavendish's experiments proved that water is made of hydrogen and oxygen.
   • The Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University is named after him.
   • He calculated the density of the Earth using a torsion balance.