Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. 1. Introduction 11
4. 2. The Birth of a Musaeum 27
5. 3. Van Marum – Empiricism and Empire 111
6. 4. Van der Willigen – Precision and the Discipline of Physics 197
7. 5. Lorentz – Function Follows Form and Theory Leads to Experiment 273
8. 6. Conclusion 333
9. Appendix 341
10. Acknowledgements 345
11. Archives 347
12. Bibliography 349
13. Index 365