1867), edited by A.S.H. Breure and J.G. de Bruijn (Haarlem:
Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, 1979), 138). The
manuscript “Catalogus der Natuurkundige werktuigen in het Museum
van Teylers Stichting. Julij 1859” (see Appendix I), gives in the entry for
case A, no. 17: “Een kleine elektriseer machine naar Lns. [= Logemaris]
inrigting [rie] voor proeven in vochtigen dampkring”. W.M. Logeman,
instrument maker in Haarlem, made many items for the Museum
during the 1840s and 1850s. Bibliography
The works listed here are arranged by key-words with date that are to
be found at or near the end of the Catalogue entries. The key-word usually
refers to the author of the work, but not in every case; with some
museum catalogues the name of the museum is used, and with encyclopedias
or dictionaries a short title is used. When the author or date of
publication is not printed in the work, the usual convention of square
brackets round the name or date is employed. When 'van' is part of a
Dutch name the alphabetical listing is governed by the last part of the
name, for example, V.S.M. van der Willigen is listed under Willigen.
Note: De Clercq is listed under D.
Throughout the Catalogue reference is made to the Archives of the
Teyler's Foundation mainly for invoices. Some of the Annual Reports
are also helpful for identifying the date of purchase of an instrument.
Should a reader require the exact location of a particular invoice or
other manuscript, this may be had by applying to the Director of the
Teyler Museum.
This Bibliography is intended to assist in understanding the objects
in the Catalogue, and it is not intended to be a bibliography on the subject
of physical apparatus. The text-books of the period are most helpful,
and if in some entries just one such book is mentioned, it does not
mean that others are not equally useful. Some of the best are: Deschanel
(Paris, 1st edn 1868; L o n d o n , e d n 1872); Ganot (Paris, 1st edn
1851, 19th edn 1884; London, 1st edn 1863, 18th edn 1910);
Guillemin (Paris, 1st edn 1874; London, 1877). For an account of the
development of instruments during the century, and for a bibliography,
see G.L'E. Turner, Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments (London
and Berkeley, 1983).
For biographical information on scientists, and on some makers such
as Geissler, there are two invaluable sources, which have been used
throughout the catalogue, but without citation in general. These works
are the Dictionary o f Scientific Biography (see DSB) and Allen G. Debus,
editor, World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary o f Notable
Scientists from Antiquity to the Present (Chicago: Marquis-Who s Who,
1968; new edition 1994). For Dutch makers, see Rooseboom (1950),
Mooij (1988), and the chapter in the present volume by M. van Hoorn.
English makers are M Clifton (1995), German in Brachner (1985), and
French Mi a series of papers by Brenni (I-XlII). Of course, the various
national biographical dictionaries are also of use for scientists and occasionally
makers.