Inflammable air, yeah right.

Henry Cavendish, British scientist,born in 1731, discovered hydrogen around 1766. He called it inflammable air. Wonder how he found that out? Anyway, he was not fond of people, particularly women and avoided contact as much as possible. He did attend one social function regularly, Royal Society Club meetings. But apparently he rarely talked to anyone. Fellow scientists eager to hear his latest discoveries were often met with a grunt. His aversion to publicity led to few of his discoveries actually being published. The famous Scottish scientist, James Clerk Maxwell, when looking through Cavendish's stuff after he died, found unpublished papers on subjects credited to other scientists, most notably Ohm's Law. One thing he did do and get credit for was an accurate analysis of air. Seems a safer oeuvre than fiddling with hydrogen.