page_title: Anton Brugmans
hierarchical_section_title: Anton Brugmans
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portret in olieverf van Antonius Brugmans, professor in de filosofie en natuurkunde aan de Franeker universiteit van 1755 tot 1766. De microscoop is van het type Culpeper.
context_page_description: Anton Brugmans was Dutch physicist who proposed a two-fluid theory of magnetism. 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.
context_section_description: Anton Brugmans (1732–1789) was Dutch physicist who proposed a two-fluid theory of magnetism. 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.
caption: Antonius Brugmans 
  (Museum Martena Collection)
exif: {}