Chapter ID: CBB000038312

The last experiment of Henry Cavendish (1995)

unapi

Description On the determination of the mean density of the earth.


Included in

Book Kox, A.J.; Siegel, Daniel M. (1995) No truth except in the details: Essays in honor of Martin J. Klein. unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB000038312/

Similar Citations

Article McCormmach, Russell; (1998)
Mr. Cavendish weighs the world

Article Lally, Sean P.; (1999)
Henry Cavendish and the density of the Earth

Article Tomory, Leslie; (2009)
Let it burn: Distinguishing inflammable airs 1766--1790

Article Tomory, Leslie; (2010)
William Brownrigg's papers on fire-damps

Chapter Carrier, Martin; (1992)
Cavendishs Version der Phlogistonchemie oder: Über den empirischen Erfolg unzutreffender theoretischer Ansätze

Article Eisenstaedt, J.; (1991)
De l'influence de la gravitation sur la propagation de la lumière en théorie newtonienne: L'archéologie des trous noirs

Article McCormmach, Russell; (1988)
Henry Cavendish on the Theory of Heat

Article González, Antonio Moreno; (2001)
“Weighing” the Earth: A Newtonian Test and the Origin of an Anachronism

Article Tomory, Leslie; (2010)
William Brownrigg's Papers on Fire-Damps

Article Karl-Heinz Lotze; Silvia Simionato; (2022)
Henry Cavendish on Gravitational Deflection of Light

Book McCormmach, Russell; (2014)
The Personality of Henry Cavendish: A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities

Book Christa Jungnickel; Russell McCormmach; (2016)
Cavendish: The Experimental Life

Chapter McCormmach, Russell; (1990)
Henry Cavendish on the proper method of rectifying abuses

Article Isobel Falconer; (2017)
No Actual Measurement … Was Required: Maxwell and Cavendish's Null Method for the Inverse Square Law of Electrostatics

Book Malcolmson, Cristina; (2013)
Studies of Skin Color in the Early Royal Society: Boyle, Cavendish, Swift

Article Matsuo, Yukitoshi; (1974 (pub. 1975))
Henry Cavendish and the phlogiston theory, with reference to the nature of heat

Article Quinn, Terry; (2005)
Plates from Royal Society Publications: Experiments of Henry Cavendish

Article Seitz, Frederick; (2005)
Henry Cavendish: The Catalyst for the Chemical Revolution

Book McCormmach, Russell; (2004)
Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science

Article Clotfelter, B.E.; (1987)
The Cavendish experiment as Cavendish knew it

Authors & Contributors
McCormmach, Russell
Tomory, Leslie
Carrier, Martin
Clotfelter, B. E.
Eisenstaedt, J.
Falconer, Isobel
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
American Journal of Physics
Annalen der Physik
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Ashgate
Oxford University Press
Springer
Edition Open Access
Edition Open Sources
Concepts
Chemistry
Physics
Gravitation
Biographies
Gases
Experiments and experimentation
People
Cavendish, Henry
Brownrigg. William
Boyle, Robert
Faraday, Michael
Fuchs, Klaus
Laplace, Pierre Simon
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
France
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment