Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish was an English experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper, On Factitious Airs.

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Who was born first?

• Henry Cavendish was born 1 year after Charles Messier
• Henry Cavendish was born 1 year before Jérôme Lalande
• Henry Cavendish was born 1 year after Étienne Bézout
• Henry Cavendish was born 1 year after Jan Ingenhousz
• Henry Cavendish was born 1 year before Nevil Maskelyne

Timeline

1. Charles MessierJune 26, 1730 – April 12, 1817
2. Étienne BézoutMarch 31, 1730 – September 27, 1783
3. Jan IngenhouszDecember 8, 1730 – September 7, 1799
4. Henry Cavendish (this page)October 10, 1731 – February 24, 1810
5. Jérôme LalandeJuly 11, 1732 – April 4, 1807
6. Nevil MaskelyneOctober 6, 1732 – February 9, 1811

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