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Definition of Cavendish
1. Noun. British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810).
Definition of Cavendish
1. n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Definition of Cavendish
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
2. Noun. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavendish
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Literary usage of Cavendish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1853)
"The appointment gave universal satisfaction; and, with De Cavendish presiding
over the ... Lord Chief Justice Cavendish held his office sixteen years, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1880)
"HENRY Cavendish. Cavendish published only two papers relating to electricity, "
An attempt to explain some of the principal Phenomena of Electricity by ..."
3. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"Cavendish has been called the Newton of chemistry, but we must allow that the
title is ... Cavendish did not write much ; a few papers in the Philosophical ..."
4. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"The writer of that Life of Wolsey was George Cavendish. He was the elder son of
Thomas Cavendish, Clerk of the ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"I think, be applied to any other de.. scendant of Thomas Cavendish and is intended
for” Gulielmus,” the point on which has arisen all the doubt end ..."
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