1. 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); [syn: Cavendish, Henry Cavendish]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Henry Cavendish
n 1: 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) [syn: Cavendish, Henry
Cavendish]