Using a relatively simple setup (see above YouTube video from MrLundScience) Cavendish was able to measure the force between two metal spheres separated by a known distance.The gravitational force ...

It’s been 120 years since Henry Cavendish measured the gravitational constant with a pair of lead balls suspended by a wire. The fundamental nature of gravity still eludes our best minds - but ...

WITH reference to a paragraph which appeared in these columns in the issue of NATURE for Aug. 6 (p. 198), in which the ascription of the title ‘Honourable’ to Henry Cavendish was described as ...