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"Memoir and Journal of An Expedition Organized by The Colonial Government of Western Australia for The Purpose of The Interior of The Colony Eastward of The District York" is a complete title of the memoir written by the British-Australian explorer Henry Maxwell Lefroy. Lefroy and his companion Landor completed the second expedition to the Australian Goldfields in 1863, where the party passed through areas such as Bruce Rock, Dumbleyung, and Coolgardie. The company trekked for a total of 85 days, including four days with no water, before returning to York. Lake Lefroy was named after Lefroy,...

Henry Cavendish (1731 1810) was an English scientist whose published work was mostly concerned with electricity. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1760. Cavendish was a prolific scientific investigator, performing experiments on not only electricity but also magnetism, thermometry, gases, heat potential and the chemical composition of water. Although he published some of his research, including his discovery of hydrogen, the majority of his work remained unpublished until 1879, when James Clerk Maxwell published a collection of Cavendish's electrical experiments. These papers...