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    Introduction The Cavendish Experiment, conducted by British scientist Henry Cavendish in 1797-98, was the first to measure the force of gravity between masses in the laboratory, and the first to yield accurate values for the gravitational constant () and the mass of the Earth. Experiment Setup The experiment involved a torsion balance, a horizontal bar…