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==External links== {{Commons}} {{Portal|Physics}} * [https://feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_07.html#Ch7-S6 Cavendish’s experiment in the Feynman Lectures on Physics] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080508011932/http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2005/2005-07-01/feature1/index.html Sideways Gravity in the Basement, ''The Citizen Scientist'', July 1, 2005]. Homebrew Cavendish experiment, showing calculation of results and precautions necessary to eliminate wind and electrostatic errors. * [http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/bigg.cfm "Big 'G'", Physics Central], retrieved Dec. 8, 2013. Experiment at Univ. of Washington to measure the gravitational constant using variation of Cavendish method. <!-- page captured by archive.is on 8 Dec 2013 --> * {{cite web |url=http://www.npl.washington.edu/eotwash/bigG |title=The Controversy over Newton's Gravitational Constant |author=Eöt-Wash Group, Univ. of Washington |accessdate=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031910/http://www.npl.washington.edu/eotwash/bigG}}. Discusses current state of measurements of '''''G'''''. * [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10314095 Model of Cavendish's torsion balance], retrieved Aug. 28, 2007, at Science Museum, London. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavendish Experiment}} [[Category:Physics experiments]] [[Category:1790s in science]] [[Category:1797 in science]] [[Category:1798 in science]] [[Category:Geodesy]] [[Category:Gravity]] [[Category:Royal Society]]
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