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Pieter van Musschenbroek: biography, experiments, contributions
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Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) was a prominent Dutch-born scientist who was credited with creating, in 1746, the first condenser, which was named the Leiden bottle.
His contributions to science were numerous.
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He was also a pioneer in the study of elastic instability, he contributed by describing in a very detailed way what machines that did tests of tension, compression and bending were like.
Biography
Throughout his life Pieter van Musschenbroek was closely linked to his hometown.
He was born in 1692 in Leiden, Holland, where he died almost 70 years later.
He was part of a family that excelled in the manufacture of bronze instruments, usually to be used in scientific experiments. Among the products they made were air pumps, microscopes and telescopes.
The family's work was closely linked to that of the physicists who lived at the University of Leiden, considered at the time as one of