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Cavendish

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Cav·en·dish  (kvn-dsh), Henry 1731-1810.
British chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
cavendish [ˈkævəndɪʃ]
n
tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
[perhaps from the name of the first maker]
Cavendish [ˈkævəndɪʃ]
n
(Biographies / Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810) M, British, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: chemist) Henry. 1731-1810, British physicist and chemist: recognized hydrogen, determined the composition of water, and calculated the density of the earth by an experiment named after him
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Noun1.Cavendish - British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
Henry Cavendish


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To this both Chauncey Delarouse and Bruce Cadogan Cavendish nodded prompt affirmation.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
On quitting Brighton, our friend George, as became a person of rank and fashion travelling in a barouche with four horses, drove in state to a fine hotel in Cavendish Square, where a suite of splendid rooms, and a table magnificently furnished with plate and surrounded by a half-dozen of black and silent waiters, was ready to receive the young gentleman and his bride.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Now, Amy,' said her sister, 'come with me, if you are not too tired to walk to Harley Street, Cavendish Square.
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