Cavendish

Japanese: キャベンディシュ

British physicist and chemist. Grandson of the 2nd Duke of Devonshire, he was born in Nice, France. He studied at Cambridge University, but did not like socializing, remaining single all his life and spending most of his time in his laboratory in his private home. Much of his research remained unpublished, and was published by Maxwell after his death. His achievements include research on static electricity, the measurement of the gravitational constant using an intricate torsion balance, research on latent heat and specific heat, the discovery of hydrogen (1766), and the determination of the composition of water. → Cavendish Laboratory → Related topic: Water

Cavendish

English navigator. In 1586, he set sail from Plymouth with three ships, sailed down the Atlantic Ocean, and passed through South America, the Philippines, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope, returning to the United States in 1588. He became the third man to circumnavigate the globe, after Magellan and Drake. He later died during the voyage.

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Japanese:

英国の物理学者，化学者。デボンシャー公２世の孫で，フランスのニース生れ。ケンブリッジ大学に学んだが，社交を好まず，生涯独身でほとんど私邸内の実験室で過ごした。その研究も多くは未発表で，死後マクスウェルが公表。静電気についての研究，精巧なねじれ秤による万有引力定数の測定，潜熱や比熱の研究，水素の発見（1766年），水の組成決定などの業績がある。→キャベンディシュ研究所
→関連項目水