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  1. Oct 6, 2024 · Henry Cavendish, natural philosopher, the greatest English chemist and physicist of his age. He was distinguished for his research into the composition of air, the properties of gases, and the density (and hence the mass) of Earth—an attempt to ‘weigh’ Earth that is called the Cavendish experiment.

  2. Gas chemistry was of increasing importance in the latter half of the 18th century, and became crucial for Frenchman Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 's reform of chemistry, generally known as the chemical revolution. In 1783, Cavendish published a paper on eudiometry (the measurement of the goodness of gases for breathing).

  3. Mar 2, 2018 · Henry Cavendish (1550 – 1616) was married off to Grace Talbot as part of Bess and the Earl of Shrewsbury’s marriage agreement. As the eldest son he should have inherited Chatsworth but he managed to get into Bess’s bad-books and got himself disinherited.

  4. Henry Cavendish (1663-1680), known as Lord Mansfield until 1676 and then Earl of Ogle. He took the surname Percy on his marriage in 1679 to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of the 5th Earl of Northumberland (1667-1722)

  5. On 09 Feb 1568 Henry Cavendish (age 17) and Grace Talbot (age 18) were married. The marriage, unhappy, produced no issue. She being the daughter of his step-father George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40). She the daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.

  6. Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Lord Henry Cavendish until 1659 and Viscount Mansfield from 1659 to 1676, was an English politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1660 until 1676, when he inherited the dukedom.

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  8. Nov 3, 2022 · When the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Henry Cavendish died in 1691, he left behind one of the wealthiest estates in England. Having no male heir, he chose to leave his fortune to his favourite daughter Margaret.