Pieter van Musschenbroek
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Pieter van Musschenbroek was an 18th-century Dutch scientist best known for co-inventing the Leyden jar, one of the earliest devices capable of storing electrical charge.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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physicist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch Golden Age science
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history of electricity ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coInvented | Leyden jar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Leiden University
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Utrecht University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| familyName | van Musschenbroek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electricity
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experimental physics ⓘ instrument making ⓘ mechanics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Pieter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Isaac Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Leyden jar
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early research on electricity ⓘ work in experimental physics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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Latin ⓘ |
| mainInterest | experimental verification of physical laws ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped create one of the first devices capable of storing electrical charge ⓘ |
| notableConcept | early capacitor ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Elementa Physica
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Introductio ad philosophiam naturalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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instrument maker ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| studiedAt | Leiden University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
astronomy
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mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
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