Lectures On Theoretical Physics by Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

Showcasing Science: A History of Teylers Museum in the Nineteenth Century charts the history of Teylers Museum from its inception until Lorentz’ tenure. In the early twentieth century, the Nobel Prize laureate Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was appointed head of the scientific instrument collection and conducted experiments on the Museum’s premises. Van Marum’s successors continued to uphold the institution’s prestige and use the collections for research purposes, while it was increasingly perceived as an art museum by the public. These comprised scientific instruments, mineralogical and palaeontological specimens, prints, drawings, paintings, and coins. This subsequently became the most prominent item in the Museum’s world-class, publicly accessible, and constantly growing collections. The Museum’s first director, Martinus van Marum, famously had the world’s largest electrostatic generator built and set up in Haarlem. Teylers Museum was founded in 1784 and soon thereafter became one of the most important centres of Dutch science. The Special Loan Collection at South KensingtonĬhapter V: Lorentz - Function Follows Form and Theory Leads to Experiment Public Lectures and the Centennial in PhiladelphiaĤ. Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen (II): Curator in Haarlemģ. Some Critics of Official Dutch Museum Policy Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda at Teylers MuseumĢ. The Public Museum in Support of Public Mores The Great Exhibition, 'Albertopolis' and the South Kensington Museumģ. From Scholarly Musaeum to Educational MuseumĢ. The First Art Gallery, a Permanent Exhibition?ģ. Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen (I): Early YearsĤ. Christina of Sweden's Collection of DrawingsĬhapter IV: Van der Willigen - Precision and the Discipline of Physics Teylers Museum as 'Testimony to the Histoy of Physics'Ģ.

III Open All Hours: Public Accessibility of Teylers Museum 1780-1840ģ. Van Marum's Lectures During the French Occupation Homo Diluvii Testis, Lying Stones and Ohioġ7. Experiments with the Cuthbertson Electrostatic Generatorġ4. Van Marum Is Appointed Director of Teylers MuseumĬhapter III: Van Marum - Empiricism and EmpireĢ. The Teyler Foundation's First Trusteesġ2. Contextualising the Will: Mennonite Governors in HaarlemĦ.

The Contents of Pieter Teyler's Last Will and Testamentĥ. Martinus van Marum's Formative Years and The Holland Society of SciencesĤ. Martinus van Marum and the Beginning of the Age of MuseumsĢ. Structure and Intended Readership of the Bookġ. Teylers at the Paris Electrical Exhibition Academica University of Applied Sciences.

Lectures On Theoretical Physics by Hendrik Antoon Lorentz