$\backslash$table$[[,\backslash$table$[[$Density of the earth In $1798,$ the English scientist$],[$Henry Cavendish measured the density of the earth$],[$several times by careful work with a torsion bal$-],[$ance$.$ The variable recorded was the density of the$],[$earth as a multiple of the density of water. Here are$],[$Cavendish$\text{'}$s $29$ measurements: ${?}^{51}$