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Henry Cavendish

1731-1810United Kingdom

Discovery of hydrogen; Cavendish experiment

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Henry Cavendish: Inflammable Air, the Birth of Water and a Bubble That Waited a Century

How Henry Cavendish identified hydrogen as inflammable air, showed water is formed from hydrogen and oxygen, and left a bubble that pointed to argon.

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Henry Cavendish: The Shy Millionaire Who Weighed the World

Life of Henry Cavendish (1731-1810): wealthy recluse, discoverer of hydrogen's properties, composition of water, and the weigher of the Earth.

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