Oct 10, 2008

Scientist Henry Cavendish

Today, October 10 (1731), is the birthday of British scientist Henry Cavendish, the man who discovered hydrogen (he called "inflammable air") as an element. He also determined the chemical composition of water, H20.

Cavendish was born in Nice, France. It interesting to note that he was a shy guy, so much so that he hardly told anyone about his experiments; he didn't want to publish his works either. It took other fellow scientists to find out about it. By then, others were being credited for some findings he most likely had done.

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