Paper, 'Experiments to determine the density of the earth' by Henry Cavendish
Reference number: L&P/11/68
Date: 1798
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Contains two plates.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments to determine the density of the earth'
Read 21 June 1798
- Reference number
- L&P/11/68
- Earliest possible date
- 1798
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and two plates
- Page extent
- 96 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Cavendish, Paper, 'Experiments to determine the density of the earth' by Henry Cavendish, 1798, L&P/11/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_68/paper-experiments-to-determine-the-density-of-the-earth-by-henry-cavendish, accessed on 04 December 2025
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Date: 31st December 1798
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1798.0022
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