Anton Brugmans Explained

Anton Brugmans (1732–1789) was Dutch physicist who proposed a two-fluid theory of magnetism.^[1] He did magnetism experiments by putting objects on water or mercury, using surface tension to make them float and magnets to move them. He discovered the diamagnetism of bismuth.^[2]

Publications

• Book: Tentamina philosophica de materia magnetica eiusque actione in ferrum et magnetem. Willem Coulon. Franeker. 1765. la.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. Brugmans, Anton.
2. Diamagnetic Levitation – Historical Milestones. Gerald Küstler. Rev. Roum. Sci. Techn. – Électrotechn. Et Énerg.. 52, 3. 265–282. 2007 .