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	Through measurement to knowledge: the inaugural lecture of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1882). Magazine article from: Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...of the inaugural speech of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on the occasion of his appointment...look with envy at men like Kamerlingh Onnes, who discovered a field like...Why did Feynman refer to Kamerlingh Onnes first? Perhaps because Kamerlingh...
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	Studies from Leiden University yield new data on condensed matter. Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 5/12/2009; 641 words ; "On the 10 July 1908 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes succeeded in the first liquefaction...the large hydrogen liquefier of Onnes was ready for use. The main part...Ouboter, Leiden University, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, NL-2300 RA Leiden...
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	Stanford Physicist Shares Nobel / U.S. researchers worked with `superfluid' isotope. Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 10/10/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...cool enough to liquefy. In 1908, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes won a race to liquefy helium, earning a Nobel Prize. Superfluids are not new -- Kamerlingh-Onnes discovered superfluidity in mercury early in this...
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