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When did Henry Cavendish pass away?

  • 24 February 1810

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  • 24 January 1810

  • 24 March 1810

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Henry Cavendish passed away on 24 February 1810. He was an English natural philosopher, chemist, and experimental physicist who is credited as the first scientist to determine the density of the Earth, as well as the mass of the Earth and its distance from the Sun. Cavendish was also a pioneer in the study of electricity and heat, and he made significant contributions to the development of the atomic theory.
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