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  • And Iselin would lead Diderik away to a tree and say:

    Pan 2003

  • “Stand here, Diderik, and keep guard; keep watch; I will let this huntsman tie my shoestring.”

    Pan 2003

  • Hamsun gives us the romantic drama of Munken Vendt, in which Diderik and Iselin appear.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • Thus Glahn is haunted by visions of Diderik and Iselin; Johannes writes fragments supposed to be spoken by one Vendt the Monk.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • But Diderik steps out from under the tree and says:

    Pan 2003

  • For three nights I did not sleep; I thought of Diderik and Iselin.

    Pan 2003

  • Diderik van der Waals, who formulated an equation of state for molecules in a gas taking into account the mutual interaction between the molecules as well as the reduction of the free volume due to their finite size. van der Waals 'equation has been an important starting point for the description of the condensation of gases into liquids.

    The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000 2000

  • Diderik van der Waals for his studies of the physical state of liquids and gases.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 - Presentation Speech 1967

  • The son, Johannes Diderik Jr., was Professor of Physics at Groningen University 1903-08, and subsequently succeeded his father in the Physics Chair of the University of Amsterdam.

    J. D. van der Waals - Biography 1967

  • Johannes Diderik van der Waals was born on November 23, 1837 in Leyden, The Netherlands, the son of Jacobus van der Waals and Elisabeth van den Burg.

    J. D. van der Waals - Biography 1967

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