Historedia
Person

Henry Cavendish

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1766

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Henry Cavendish, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Cavendish's Discovery of Hydrogen

    1766

    Role: Author of the 1766 paper On Factitious Airs describing "inflammable air" (hydrogen)

    1. 1766 · Royal Society of London, inferred institutional context for the paper's appearance; no passage states where the paper appearedCavendish's 1766 paper On Factitious Airs

      Cavendish's first paper described "inflammable air"—hydrogen—produced by acids acting on metals, reported its density, and noted it formed water on combustion.

Sources

  1. Henry Cavendish Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31