Contrary to what physics mythology claims Cavendish experiment cannot be interpreted as the first measurement of the Newtonian force. Cavendish assumed the Newtonian force, he never tried to measure it. The experiment is not set up to verify the existence of force.1
No combination of wire, beam and weights can prove the existence of the occult.
- For instance, Cavendish never systematically investigates if what he observed was caused by magnetism as opposed to the Newtonian force. [↩]
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