1785 ⟶ Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis

Martinus van Marum is the first to use the electrolysis tech...
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🔬 Leeuwenhoek Observes Microbes

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope, using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings, raindrops, and his own feces. He calls them "animalcules."⟶
Leeuwenhoek Observes Microbes (1673)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionGerm TheoryBiology
NetherlandsNetherlands

🔬 Van Leeuwenhoek Observes Microorganisms

Anton van Leeuwenhoek: observes microorganisms using a refined simple microscope.⟶
Van Leeuwenhoek Observes Microorganisms (1675)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionBiologyCell Theory
NetherlandsNetherlands

🔬 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Observes Bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers Bacteria.⟶
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Observes Bacteria (1676)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionObservationBiologyDiscovery
NetherlandsNetherlands

🧪 Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis

Martinus van Marum is the first to use the electrolysis technique.⟶
Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis (1785)
ChemistryElectricityExperimental PhysicsScientific Revolution
NetherlandsNetherlands

⚛️ Van der Waals Postulates Intermolecular Force

Johannes Diderik van der Waals: was one of the first to postulate an intermolecular force: the van der Waals force.⟶
Van der Waals Postulates Intermolecular Force (1873)
PhysicsChemistryPhysical Chemistry
NetherlandsNetherlands

🧪 Van 't Hoff Publishes 'Études de dynamique chimique'

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff: discovered the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions (in his work "Études de dynamique chimique").⟶
Van 't Hoff Publishes 'Études de dynamique chimique' (1884)
ChemistryPhysical ChemistryThermodynamicsScientific Publication
NetherlandsNetherlands