English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
He isolated hydrogen, weighed the planet, and barely spoke to anyone while doing it. Cavendish treated the natural world like a locked room problem — and solved several that had stumped everyone else.
Born in 1731, Cavendish came to chemistry and physics with a temperament better suited to monasteries than salons: shy, methodical, and uninterested in credit. In 1766 he published a paper describing "inflammable air" — hydrogen — noting its density and the fact that it formed water when burned. Lavoisier would later repeat the work and name the element. Cavendish moved on: atmospheric composition, the synthesis of water, electrical forces, a mechanical theory of heat. His most famous work came late, an experiment so precise it measured the density of the Earth itself, a feat that allowed late…
Sourced, dated quotes from Henry Cavendish
By factitious air, I mean in general any kind of air which is contained any in other bodies in an unelastic state, and is produced from thence by art.
By fixed air, I mean that particular species of factitious air, which is separated from alcaline substances by solution in s or by calcination and to which Dr.
Young people must break machines to learn how to use them; get another made!
It only remains that I offer very briefly my own estimate of the character of the Philosopher. Morally it was a blank, and can be described only by a series of negations.
All that needed for its apprehension, more than the pure intellect, or required the exercise of fancy, imagination, affection, or faith, was distasteful to Cavendish.
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