Cavendish Henry
Cav·en·dish
(kăv′ən-dĭsh), Henry 1731-1810. British chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
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Cav·en·dish
(kăv′ən-dĭsh), Henry 1731-1810. British chemist and physicist who discovered hydrogen. He also showed that it was the lightest of all the gases and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
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