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The last experiment of Henry Cavendish (1995)

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


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Authors & Contributors
McCormmach, Russell
Tomory, Leslie
Karl-Heinz Lotze
Silvia Simionato
Seitz, Frederick
Quinn, Terry J.
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Science and Education
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the ... International Congress of the History of Science
Physics Teacher
Publishers
Edition Open Sources
Edition Open Access
Springer
Oxford University Press
Ashgate
Concepts
Physics
Chemistry
Biographies
Gravitation
Gases
Scientific illustration
People
Cavendish, Henry
MacAlister, Donald
Brownrigg. William
Volta, Alessandro
Swift, Jonathan
Newton, Isaac
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
France
British Isles
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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