Science on the 14th of June 1873 in history

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14 Jun 1873 Johannes Diderik van der Waals	science	Johannes Diderik van der Waals (physics) Johannes Diderik van der Waals defends his thesis, Over de Continuiteit van den Gas en Vloeistoftoestand (On the continuity of the gaseous and liquid state) at Leiden University. In this, he introduces the concepts of molecular volume and molecular attraction; gives a semi-quantitative description of the phenomena of condensation and critical temperatures; and derives the van der Waals equation.	0

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