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Two rules on Cavendish's determinations
The twenty-nine readings with reference rules marking the modern value and the run at which he refitted the balance.

Source
Svelte, builder, JSON
<script lang="ts">
import {
GeomLine,
GeomPoint,
GeomRule,
GGPlot,
Labs,
ThemeTufte,
} from "@ggsvelte/svelte";
import { earthDensity } from "./data.js";
</script>
<GGPlot
data={earthDensity}
aes={{ x: "trial", y: "density" }}
width={640}
height={400}
>
<ThemeTufte />
<Labs
title="Cavendish weighs the world, 1798"
subtitle="Vertical rule: he refits the balance with a stiffer wire. Horizontal: the modern value."
x="Determination"
y="Density of the earth (water = 1)"
/>
<GeomRule xintercept={6.5} aes={{ color: { value: "#d4615c" } }} />
<GeomRule
yintercept={5.517}
linewidth={1}
alpha={0.6}
aes={{ color: { value: "#888888" } }}
/>
<GeomLine linewidth={1.4} />
<GeomPoint size={2.5} />
</GGPlot>
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