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By devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, Henry Cavendish was able in 1797–1798 to arrive at an astonishingly accurate figure for the weight of the earth.

In 1797–1798, by devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, Henry Cavendish's apparatus enabled him to arrive at an astonishingly accurate figure for the weight of the earth.