Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish
noun
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)
Syn: ↑Cavendish
Instance Hypernyms: ↑chemist, ↑physicist

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  • Henry Cavendish — (* 10. Oktober 1731 in Nizza; † 24. Februar 1810 in London) war ein britischer Naturwissenschaftler. Bekannt ist er vor allem für die Entdeckung des Elements Wasserstoff und der ersten experimentellen Ermittlung der mittleren Dichte der Erde,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Henry Cavendish — Henry Cavendish, físico y químico británico (10 de octubre de 1731 24 de febrero de 1810), nació en Niza (Francia) de padres británicos pertenecientes a la acaudalada y respetada nobleza inglesa: Lord Charles Cavendish, duque de Devonshire, y… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Henry Cavendish — (10 de octubre, 1731 24 de febrero, 1810) fue un científico británico. Cavendish demostró experimentalmente que la ley de la gravedad de Newton se cumplía igualmente para cualquier par de cuerpos. Para ello utilizó una balanza de torsión en un… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Henry Cavendish — Infobox Scientist name = Henry Cavendish box width = image width = 240px caption = Henry Cavendish birth date = birth date|df=yes|1731|10|10 birth place = Nice, France death date = death date and age|df=yes|1810|02|24|1731|10|10 death place =… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Cavendish — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cavendish. Henry Cavendish. Henry Cavendish (10 octobre 1731, Nice …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Henry Cavendish (disambiguation) — Henry Cavendish was a British scientist.Henry Cavendish may also refer to:* George Henry Compton Cavendish (1784 1809), English politician * Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1630 1691), Knight of the Garter * Henry Frederick… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 ndash; 26 July 1691), styled Viscount Mansfield until 1676, was the only son of the 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and his first wife, Elizabeth Basset. His maternal… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark — Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark (8 November 1793 31 March 1863), was a British Whig politician.Waterpark was the son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark, and his wife Juliana (née Cooper). He succeeded his father in the barony… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Cavendish — n. (1731 1810) English chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and demonstrated that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen …   English contemporary dictionary

  • William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3. Herzog von Portland — William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3. Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3. Duke of Portland, (* 14. April 1738 in Nottinghamshire; † 30. Oktober 1809 in Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire) war ein britischer Politiker der Whigs und der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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