The Cavendish experiment, performed in 1797–1798 by English scientist Henry Cavendish, was the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cavendish may refer to: The House of Cavendish, a British aristocratic family Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), British poet, philosopher, and scientist...
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between masses in the laboratory was the Cavendish experiment conducted by the British scientist Henry Cavendish in 1798. It took place 111 years after...
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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...
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The Michelson–Morley experiment was an attempt to measure the motion of the Earth relative to the luminiferous aether, a supposed medium permeating space...
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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...
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