Cavendish

The Experimental Life (Second revised edition 2016)

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Problem of Cavendish

Part I: Lord Charles Cavendish

1 The Dukes

2 Politics

3 Science

4 Family and Friends

5 Public Activities

Part II: The Honorable Henry Cavendish

6 Education of Henry Cavendish

7 Science

8 Early Researches

9 Electricity

10 Learned Organizations

11 Places

12 Associates

13 Politics

14 Air and Water

15 Mercury

16 Earth

17 Last Years

18 Cavendish

Appendix I: Family Trees

Appendix II: Chronology and Publications

List of Abbreviations

Archives

Bibliography