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The Cavendish experiment, performed in 1797–1798 by English scientist Henry Cavendish, was the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between...22 KB (2,503 words) - 11:48, 19 May 2024
constant to be calculated) has come to be known as the Cavendish experiment. Henry Cavendish was born on 10 October 1731 in Nice, where his family was...37 KB (4,602 words) - 13:14, 20 August 2024
Earth mass (section Cavendish experiment)correct value) in the Schiehallion experiment in the 1770s, and within 1% of the modern value in the Cavendish experiment of 1798. The mass of Earth is estimated...31 KB (3,710 words) - 02:52, 30 July 2024
Gravitational constant (redirect from Cavendish constant)measurement with an accuracy within about 1% is attributed to Henry Cavendish in a 1798 experiment. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, the magnitude...44 KB (5,145 words) - 22:25, 25 August 2024
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family (/ˈkævəndɪʃ/ KAV-ən-dish; /ˈkændɪʃ/ KAN-dish) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an...18 KB (1,814 words) - 18:32, 24 June 2024- between masses in the laboratory was the Cavendish experiment conducted by the British scientist Henry Cavendish in 1798. It took place 111 years after...26 KB (3,697 words) - 03:15, 27 July 2024
- Cavendish may refer to: The House of Cavendish, a British aristocratic family Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), British poet, philosopher, and scientist...3 KB (344 words) - 18:43, 14 June 2024
The Michelson–Morley experiment was an attempt to measure the motion of the Earth relative to the luminiferous aether, a supposed medium permeating space...89 KB (10,257 words) - 09:40, 10 June 2024
between charges to establish Coulomb's Law, and by Henry Cavendish in 1798 in the Cavendish experiment to measure the gravitational force between two masses...19 KB (2,367 words) - 03:22, 1 April 2024- Experimental physics (section Current experiments)Famous experiments include: Bell test experiments Cavendish experiment Chicago Pile-1 Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment Davisson–Germer experiment Delayed-choice...14 KB (1,637 words) - 18:26, 22 July 2024
- notable experiments in physics. The list includes only experiments with Wikipedia articles. For hypothetical experiments, see thought experiment. Bell tests...8 KB (110 words) - 20:46, 13 June 2024
Schiehallion experiment, which was carried out primarily by Maskelyne and determined the density of the Scottish mountain. Several years later Cavendish used...49 KB (5,681 words) - 18:36, 18 August 2024
difficult to measure and is only known with limited accuracy (see Cavendish experiment). The value of G times the mass of an object, called the standard...12 KB (1,461 words) - 01:40, 17 August 2024- and minimum temperatures they had reached. Charles Cavendish was also one of the early experimenters with the electrical storage device, the Leyden jar...5 KB (384 words) - 09:40, 17 April 2024
The classic experiment to measure the strength of a gravitational source (i.e. its active mass) was first conducted in 1797 by Henry Cavendish (Fig. 5-9a)...173 KB (24,123 words) - 14:04, 18 July 2024- of his lifelong friend Henry Cavendish, who first performed in 1798 the experiment now known as the Cavendish Experiment. Placing two 1-kg lead balls...29 KB (3,669 words) - 09:17, 26 August 2024
- battery. Cavendish experiment (1798): Henry Cavendish's torsion bar experiment measures the force of gravity in a laboratory. Double-slit experiment (c.1805):...20 KB (2,423 words) - 09:12, 7 August 2024
traditional mass units, the Cavendish experiment, did not occur until 1797, over a hundred years later. Henry Cavendish found that the Earth's density...76 KB (10,141 words) - 17:56, 9 April 2024
the Cavendish Laboratory in 1919. Under his leadership the neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, and in the same year the first experiment to...24 KB (2,427 words) - 13:50, 30 April 2024
improved upon until 1895 by Charles Boys. The care with which Cavendish conducted the experiment and the accuracy of his result has led his name to since be...31 KB (3,680 words) - 13:28, 17 August 2024
- 1885-1900, Volume 09 Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810) by Robert Hunt 1384103Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 09 — Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810)1887Robert
- of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". Cavendish is also known for the Cavendish experiment, his measurement of the Earth's density, and early
- x-ray crystallography, he took the time to learn about the procedures at Cavendish in 1951. He shared an office at the time with a man who was a crystallography