(the) Cavendish Laboratory

(the) Cavendish Laboratory
the Cavendish Laboratory [the Cavendish Laboratory]
a centre for scientific experiments in ↑Cambridge, England. Since it was set up in 1871 many famous discoveries have been made there, including parts of the atom and the structure of ↑DNA (= the substance in the human body that passes from parents to children and makes it possible to identify every individual human being).

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