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Hace 5 días · En el año 1798, Henry Cavendish realizó un experimento que permitió, por primera vez, calcular la masa de la Tierra con enorme precisión. Utilizando un dispositivo conocido como balanza de torsión, Cavendish midió la fuerza de atracción gravitatoria entre dos masas pequeñas y dos masas grandes.
Hace 5 días · Margaret Cavendish, Duchesse de Newcastle (1623-1673) fut longtemps présentée comme excentrique, par ses contemporains d’abord, considérant comme une indécence pour une femme de se mêler de science et de philosophie, puis par les critiques littéraires ou les historiens des sciences, qui ont tenu son oeuvre pour une curiosité.
Hace 4 días · In 1673, he married Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley, the wealthy widow of Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland and daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, who brought him a large fortune; and after her death in 1690, he remarried the still more wealthy Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, and the widow of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke ...
Hace 1 día · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
Hace 1 día · Priestley's text became the standard history of electricity for over a century; Alessandro Volta (who later invented the battery), William Herschel (who discovered infrared radiation), and Henry Cavendish (who discovered hydrogen) all relied upon it.
Hace 1 día · War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...
Hace 5 días · Philosophical Transactions is the world’s first and longest-running scientific journal. It was launched in March 1665 by Henry Oldenburg (c.1619-1677), the Society’s first Secretary, who acted as publisher and editor. ISSN (Online):2053-9223. ISSN (Print):0261-0523. Latest articles from Philosophical Transactions A and B.
