Peter van Musschenbroek
1692–1761
Dutch physicist. Professor of natural philosophy and mathematics, Utrecht, 1723–40; also professor of astronomy from 1832. Professor at Leiden, 1840–61.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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