Pieter van Musschenbroek

Pieter van Musschenbroek was a Dutch scientist credited with the invention of a pioneering capacitor design in the Leyden jar in 1746. He was a professor in Duisburg, Utrecht, and Leiden, specializing in physics, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and astronomy.

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Who was born first?

• Pieter van Musschenbroek and James Stirling were born the same year
• Pieter van Musschenbroek was born 1 year before James Bradley
• Pieter van Musschenbroek was born 1 year before John Bevis
• Pieter van Musschenbroek was born 2 years after Christian Goldbach
• Pieter van Musschenbroek was born 2 years before Georg Brandt

Timeline

1. Christian GoldbachMarch 18, 1690 – November 20, 1764
2. James StirlingMay 11, 1692 – December 5, 1770
3. Pieter van Musschenbroek (this page)March 14, 1692 – September 19, 1761
4. James BradleyMarch 1693 – July 13, 1762
5. John BevisOctober 31, 1693 – November 6, 1771
6. Georg BrandtJuly 21, 1694 – April 29, 1768

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