A Descriptive Catalogue
by Peter de Clercq
- Author(s)
- Peter de Clercq
- Publication
- Leiden : Museum Boerhaave, 1997
- Scope
- 198 Pages, illustrated, 26.5 cm.
- Carrier
- catalogue raisonnee
- ISBN
- 9062921140
This catalogue describes some three hundred objects that are housed in the Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. All were made between about 1660 and 1810; many were used by Leiden’s famous and influential physicists Willem Jacob ‘s Gravesande and his successor, Petrus van Musschenbroek. Their designs and finishes are indicative of their eighteenth-century origins, but the basic forms are still seen in science classes and science museums around the world. The bulk of the objects (including the air pumps and electrical machines) would generally be considered scientific instruments, but a surprising number represent technologies common in the Netherlands in the eighteenth century. The artifacts are organized into the categories of mechanics, fluids, pneumatics, optics, heat, magnetism and electricity, machine models, and “other apparatus.” For each object, there is a clear photograph and a succinct description.
- Keywords
- collections , physics
- Location
- Cabinet 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties
- Remarks
- Includes bibliography, index
