Cavendish Henry

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C0175600 (kăv′ən-dĭsh), Henry 1731-1810. British chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

Cav·en·dish

(kăv′ən-dĭsh), Henry 1731-1810. British chemist and physicist who discovered hydrogen. He also showed that it was the lightest of all the gases and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.