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Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Machinery used in the comparative testing of gold. Engraving by Mutlow.

Speculative truth : Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science / Russell McCormmach.

Three philosophers (Lavoisier, Priestley and Cavendish) / by W.R. Aykroyd.

Discovering water : James Watt, Henry Cavendish, and the nineteenth century 'Water Controversy' / David Philip Miller.

Henry Cavendish, his life and scientific work / [Arthur John Berry].

The great London chemists. I, Boyle and Cavendish / Sir William Ramsay.

Some new experiments, with observations upon heat, clearly shewing the erroneous principles of the French theory : also, a letter to Henry Cavendish, containing some pointed animadversions; with strictures upon some late chemical papers in the Philosophical Transactions, and other remarks / by Robert Harrington.

Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).

Experiments on air / [Henry Cavendish].

Experiments on air : papers published in the Philosophical Transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish.

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Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810

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Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).

Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).

Experiments on air / [Henry Cavendish].

Experiments on air : papers published in the Philosophical Transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish.