Henry Cavendish Research Paper

Henry Cavendish was a famous english scientist back in the 17 hundreds, he was born in October 10 in 1731 in Nice France. Henry was called one of the greatest experimental and theoretical english chemist and physicist of his age. Henry was known for his great accuracy and precision in atmospheric air, and properties of different gasses and the synthesis of water. Henry was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a distinct substance for which he calculated their densities as well as the densities of several other gasses. He proved that gasses produce dew, which appeared to be water, he also found it to be less dense than air. Henry also investigated the products of fermentation and showing that the gas from the fermentation of sugar is indistinguishable

Henrys work and constant observation led other scientist to accurate values for the gravitational constant and earth's mass. To add to henry's resume he also compared the electrical conductivities of equivalent solutions of electrolytes and expressed a version of Ohm’s law. Henry found a study of the properties of dielectrics and also distinguished quantity of electricity. In 1760 Henry was elected a member of the Royal Society. His single social outlet was his membership in the Royal Society Club, in which members dined together before their weekly meetings. Henry rarely missed those meetings and was highly respected by his colleagues. When henry was around the age of 40 he inherited a huge sum of money and became one of the richest men in all of

He dedicated himself to scientific studies but did not bother to publish a number of his important discoveries as Cavendish was a sociable only with his scientific friends. Henry moved back to England to live with his father and he built himself a laboratory and workshop. Henry was never married and he was so reserved that there is a little record of him having any social life except the meetings with his fellow scientific friends. Henry has only one existing portrait and that was sketched secretly. Henrys mother, Lady Anne Grey was the daughter of the first Duke of Kent and his father, Lord Charles Cavendish, was second Duke of Devonshire. His ancestry goes back to many of the aristocratic families in Great Britain. Henry was described as being a very quite person. Many people called him eccentric and some believe Asperger Syndrome was the root of his behavior.there was time where he had built a back staircase onto his house so he can sometimes avoid his housekeeper. He dressed from the previous century, wearing an old faded velvet coat and a three cornered hat. He was shy with strangers but most of all he was extremely shy with women. He would sometimes talk to women through handwritten notes.
It was around the time when his father past away Henry began to work closely with Charles Blagden, an association that helped Blagden enter fully into London's scientific society. In return Blagden helped