Cavendish, Henry

an English philosopher, the younger son of Lord Charles Cavendish, в. 1731. Не studied at Cambridge, and the large fortune which was bequeathed to him by an uncle enabled him to devote his life to scientific investigations. C. was the first to lay the foundation of the modern form which the science of chemistry has taken. He was the discoverer of the composition of water, and of nitric acid; and measured the density of the earth by direct comparison with balls of lead. D. 1810. Cavendish, in Vermont, a post-village and township of Windsor county, 60 miles S. by E. of Montpelier. Cavendish, (kav'n-dish,) n. A term applied to to bacco, when pre ed into cakes of square, oblong form, and sweetened with mola es, or some other ingredient. Cavern, ( kav'urn ,)n. [Lat. cavern a , from cavus , hollow.] A cave; a deep, hollow place in the earth; an excavation, whether natural or artificial. - See CAVE. Cav'erned, a . Full of caverns; having caverns or eavities; hollow; excavated; as, "The cavern'd rock." Pope . -Inhabiting a cavern. "No cavern'd hermit rests self-satisfied." - Pope. Cavernous, ( kav'ern -us,) a. [Lat. caver nos us.] Hollow; full of caverns, or of cavities. Cavern'ulous, a . [See CAVERN.] Containing many small cavities. Cav'ery, a river of S. Hindostan, the most considerable and useful S. of the Krishna. It rises in Coorg, and after a course of 450 m. falls into the Indian Ocean in the dist. of Tanjore. It is not navigable for large ve els. Cave'sa Creek. in Texas , flows into San Antonio River, 8 m. W. of Goliad. Cave Spring, in Georgia , a flourishing post-village of Floyd co., 16 m. S W. from Rome, There is an extensive cave and a mineral spring in the vicinity from which the name of the village is derived. Cave Spring, in Mi ouri, a small village of Wright co. Cave Spring, in Tenne ee, a post-office of Carter co.