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A Note on a Eudiometer Supposed to have Belonged to Henry Cavendish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Kathleen R. Farrar
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Abstract

A eudiometer formerly believed to have belonged to Henry Cavendish was probably made after his death. It may have belonged to John Dalton.

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Research Article
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The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1963 , pp. 375 - 380
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Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1963

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