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Term: Nederland

Description

Area was inhabited by Celtic & Germanic tribes; Romans invaded 1st cen. BC; Germanic tribes invaded 5th cen.; ruled by Frankish Merovingians & Charlemagne; part of medieval Lotharingia; province of Spanish Hapsburgs; colonized extensively in 17th cen.; of

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tripod for Holland circle
circa 1670
balance
1910-1920
engraving of experiment by J.H. Swinden in the Zall der Natuurkunde
1801
cabinet of microscopic specimens
circa 1795
achromatic compound microscope
1807

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Jacobus de Steur

fl. circa 1650 - 1700
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Enraf

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Cuthbertson & Champneys

fl.1764 - 1770
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Star

founded c.1923
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AMPEREX (HOLLAND)

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