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Waals, Johannes Diderik van der
(Encyclopedia)Waals, Johannes Diderik van der: see van der Waals, Johannes Diderik. ...van der Waals, Johannes Diderik
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals, Johannes Diderik yōhäˈnəs dēˈdərĭk vän dər väls [key], 1837–1923, Dutch physicist. It had been known for some time that the behavior of real gases differs from that of an i...van der Waals equation
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...van der Waals forces
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals forces: see intermolecular forces. ...Meer, Jan van der
(Encyclopedia)Meer, Jan or Johannes van der: see Vermeer, Jan. ...Van der Meer, Jan
(Encyclopedia)Van der Meer, Jan or Johannes, Dutch painter of Delft: see Vermeer, Jan. ...Heyden, Jan van der
(Encyclopedia)Heyden, Jan van der yän vän dər hīˈdən [key], 1637–1712, Dutch architectural and landscape painter. He worked chiefly in Amsterdam. His charming pictures of towns, buildings, and public square...Van Der Zee, James
(Encyclopedia)Van Der Zee, James, 1886–1983, American photographer, b. Lenox, Mass. The son of Ulysses S. Grant's maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in 1915. For 60 yea...Roger van der Weyden
(Encyclopedia)Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Van der Weyden, Roger
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