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In what year did Henry Cavendish carry out his experiment to measure the density of the Earth? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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1798 uint256

year convention
The Science Museum Group dates the experiment to 1797–1798; for the requested single year, use its concluding year, 1798.
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collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk, archwww.physics.ox.ac.uk, catalogues.royalsociety.org, cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526, cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526; widely corroborated by standard physics history references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the cavendish experiment)., cavendish, h. (1798), 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, cavendish, h. (1798), 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, pp. 469-526; also corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish, cavendish, h. (1798), 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526, cavendish, h. (1798). "experiments to determine the density of the earth", philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish., cavendish, h. (1798). "experiments to determine the density of the earth". philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469-526., cavendish, h. (1798). "experiments to determine the density of the earth." philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469-526., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526; encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish and the cavendish experiment, cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526; encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth.' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469-526., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth.' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469-526. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cavendish_experiment, cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth.' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469-526; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on the cavendish experiment, which dates it to 1797-1798 with 1798 as the publication/completion year., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth.' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, 88, 469–526., cavendish, h. (1798). 'experiments to determine the density of the earth.' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, pp. 469-526., doi.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikisource.org, encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish and the cavendish experiment; cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society, encyclopaedia britannica entry on henry cavendish; cavendish, h. (1798), 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society, encyclopaedia britannica entry on the cavendish experiment; standard history-of-science references date henry cavendish's density-of-earth experiment to 1798, published that year in philosophical transactions of the royal society., encyclopaedia britannica, "cavendish experiment", encyclopaedia britannica, "cavendish experiment": henry cavendish conducted his experiment to determine the density (and thereby mass) of the earth in 1798, publishing results in philosophical transactions of the royal society, vol. 88 (1798)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment' (1798); cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society, encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment' (https://www.britannica.com/science/cavendish-experiment): henry cavendish carried out the experiment in 1798., encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment' and henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society, vol. 88 (1798), pp. 469-526 — both state cavendish carried out the torsion-balance experiment in 1798., encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment' — henry cavendish carried out the torsion-balance experiment to determine the density (and thereby mass) of the earth in 1797-1798, with the year commonly cited as 1798 (published in philosophical transactions of the royal society, 1798)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment': henry cavendish carried out his experiment to determine the density of the earth (the cavendish experiment) in 1798, publishing the results in philosophical transactions of the royal society., encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment': henry cavendish carried out the experiment in 1797-98, published in philosophical transactions of the royal society in 1798, encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment'; cavendish, h. (1798) 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, encyclopaedia britannica, 'cavendish experiment'; philosophical transactions of the royal society, cavendish, h. (1798), 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', henry cavendish, "experiments to determine the density of the earth," philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88 (1798), pp. 469-526 — describes experiments carried out in 1797-1798, commonly dated to 1798., henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88 (1798), henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88 (1798), pp. 469-526, henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88 (1798), pp. 469-526; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry 'cavendish experiment', henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88 (1798); encyclopaedia britannica entry on the cavendish experiment, henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth', philosophical transactions of the royal society, 1798; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on the cavendish experiment, henry cavendish, 'experiments to determine the density of the earth,' philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, vol. 88, 1798, pp. 469-526, jhanley.biostat.mcgill.ca, makingscience.royalsociety.org, search.r-project.org, university of oxford department of physics, background to boys' experiment to determine g, cavendish section: https://archwww.physics.ox.ac.uk/history/bigghistory.html, www.aps.org, www.britannica.com, www.clps.ugent.be, www.mprl-series.mpg.de

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