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Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English natural philosopher and chemist. Cavendish Physical Laboratory, Cambridge, is named after him. Lithograph, c1851. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English natural philosopher and chemist. Cavendish Physical Laboratory, Cambridge, is named after him. Lithograph, c1851. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)