Namen van personen aan wie een biografische notitie is gewijd zijn cursief gedrukt.
| Aa, C.C.H. van der 85 |
| Aelianus 30 |
| Aeneae, H. 100 |
| Aguillon, F. d' 15, 16 |
| Alberti, L.B. 18 |
| Algarotti, F. 82 |
| Alva 13 |
| Ampère, A.M. 115 |
| Andrews, Th. 144. |
| Anthonisz., A. 33 |
| Apianus, P. 14 |
| Apollonius 32 |
| Arago, D.F.J. 115 |
| Arcerius, S. 30 |
| Archimedes 17, 46 |
| Aristoteles 29, 37, 48, 64 |
| Arkel, A.E. van 206 |
| Aten, A.H.W. 185 |
| Bacon, F. 41, 45, 48, 71, 76 |
| Bakhuis Roozeboom, H.W. 154, 159, 160, 169, 184-187 |
| Barbiers, P. 88 |
| Barentz., W. 21 |
| Bartjens, W. 24 |
| Baumhauer, E.H. von 126 |
| Becquerel, A. 182 |
| Beeckman, I. 36-39, 41, 61, 95, 122 |
| Beek, A. van 112, 113 |
| Bel, J.A. le 155 |
| Bemmelen, J.M. van 127, 136, 137, 159, 160, 184, 185, 187 |
| Bemmelen, W. van 216 |
| Bergsma, P.A. 216 |
| Berlage, H.P. 216 |
| Bernoulli, Johann I 50, 89 |
| Berkeley, G. 78 |
| Berzelius, J. 120, 156 |
| Beverwijck, J. van 61 |
| Beverwijk, A.L. van 191 |
| Beijerinck, M.W. 160, 163-165, 169, 192, 202 |
| Bicker, L. 95 |
| Bilt, J. van der 171 |
| Blaauw, A.H. 190 |
| Blaeu, W.J. 16, 23, 24, 26 |
| Blankaart, S. 63 |
| Bleeker, P. 214 |
| Bloembergen, N. 221 |
| Boerhaave, H. 64, 68, 70-72, 75, 74, 78, 83, 90 |
| Bohr, N. 153, 174, 182 |
| Boltzmann, L. 180 |
| Bontekoe, C. 63 |
| Bontius, J. 209 |
| Boon Mesch, A.H. van der 116 |
| Boon Mesch, H.C. van der 117 |
| Bos, W.H. van den 197 |
| Bosma, B. 82 |
| Bosscha, J. 136, 138, 146, 218, 219 |
| Bosscha, K.A.R. 216, 218 |
| Bourignon, A. 63, 64 |
| Boyle, R. 55, 71 |
| Brahe, Tycho 24, 211 |
| Breda, J. van 106 |
| Breda, J.G.S. van 106-108, 110, 117, 126, 197 |
| Breyn, J. 210 |
| Brouwer, D. 197 |
| Brouwer, L.E.J. 141 |
| Brunelleschi, F. 18 |
| Buchner, E. 185 |
| Buisman, Chr. 192 |
| Burger, H.C. 183 |
| Burgersdijck, F.P. 44, 45, 48 |
| Buys Ballot, Chr.H.D. 111, 121-124, 126, 127, 135, 155, 169, 170, 216 |
| Caesar 30 |
| Camper, J. van 35 |
| Camper, P. 84, 93 |
| Canu, R.R. le 24, 26 |
| Carnegie, A. 167 |
| Casimir, H.B.G. 174, 179, 180 |
| Ceulen, L. van 32, 42, 51 |
| Cicero 113 |
| Claesz., C. 16 |
| Clay, J. 218, 219 |
| Clifford, G. 91 |
| Clusius, C. 16, 29, 61 |
| Coen, J.P. 209 |
| Cohen, E.J. 184, 186, 187 |
| Colbert, J.B. 54 |
| Copernicus, N. 14, 33, 34, 46 |
| Craanen, Th. 49, 63 |
| Cruquius, N.S. 122 |
| Ctesibius 17 |
| Cuthberson, J. 94-96 |
| Cuvier, G. 109 |
| Darwin, Ch. 117, 125, 126, 162, 168, 188, 189 |
| Debije, P.J.B. 174, 184 |
| Delambre, J.-B.J. 100 |
| Deiman, J.R. 95-97 |
| Desaguliers, J.Th. 79, 82, 83 |
| Descartes, R. 10, 35, 36, 38-41, 45-52, 55, 56, 58-63, 74 |
| Dewar, J. 147, 148 |
| Dibbits, H.C. 184 |
| Diddens, M. 191 |
| Diderot, D. 79 |
| Dodonaeus, R. 29 |
| Doornik, J.E. 117, 125 |
| Donders, F.C. 124, 126, 135 |
| Dorgerlo, H.B. 206 |
| Dou, J.P. 25, 26 |
| Drebbel, C. 26-28 |
| Dubois, M.E.F. Th. 189 |
| Duhem, P. 7 |
| Dürer, A. 18 |
| Dijksterhuis, E.J. 20 |
| Ehrenfest, P. 149, 174, 178. 180, 182 |
| Effen, J. van 73 |
| Einstein, A. 153, 154, 173, 175, 179, 195, 218 |
| Ekama, C. 114 |
| Engelman, J. 80 |
| Erasmus, D. 14, 15 |
| Eratosthenes 32 |
| Escher, B.G. 200 |
| Euclides 19, 25, 31 |
| Euler, L. 89 |
| Fahrenheit, D.G. 76, 83 |
| Faraday, M. 114, 115 |
| Fargue, I.L. la 93 |
| Ferrel, W. 124 |
| Fitzgerald, G.F. 151 |
| Film, G.J. 141 |
| Franchimont, A.P.N. 184 |
| Frederik II van Pruisen 74 |
| Frederik Hendrik 26, 41, 52 |
| Fremery, N.C. de 108, 109, 114, 116, 119 |
| Fromberg, F.H. 120 |
| Galilei, G. 24, 27, 41, 54, 55 |
| Gassendi, P. 46, 48 |
| Geel, W.Ch. van 204 |
| Gemma Frisius, R. 14, 16, 23, 32 |
| Gibbs, J.W. 160 |
| Gill, D. 166-168, 194, 196 |
| Goedhart, J.W.G. 199 |
| Golius, J. 42, 51 |
| Goltzius, H. 27 |
| Gorter, D. de 91 |
| Gorter, G.J. 179 |
| Goudsmit, S.A. 174, 180 |
| Graaf, R. de 63, 66, 68 |
| 's Gravesande, C. 66, 68 |
| 's Gravesande, W.J. 70, 72-75, 77, 80, 84, 97, 139 |
| Grew, N. 66 |
| Gronovius, J.F. 91, 93 |
| Gronovius, L.Th. 93 |
| Gunning, J.W. 126, 142 |
| Haas, W.J. de 178, 179, 182 |
| Haeckel, E. 189 |
| Haga, H. 140, 153, 183 |
| Hagen, Chr. 42 |
| Harting, P. 124-126, 129, 135, 169, 170, 187 |
| Hartsoeker, N. 66-68, 79 |
| Harvey, W. 41, 46, 60-62 |
| Heemskerk Azn, J. 131, 133 |
| Heere, Lucas d' 12, 13 |
| Heereboord, A. 41, 46, 48 |
| Heidanus, A. 49 |
| Heisenberg, W. 182 |
| Helmont, J.B. van 62 |
| Helmholtz, H. 150 |
| Hermes Trismegistus 28 |
| Hero van Alexandrié 17, 27 |
| Herschel, W. 114, 167, 169 |
| Hertz, G. 205 |
| Hertz, H. 150, 172 |
| Hertzsprung, E. 174, 196 |
| Heuraet, H. van 52 |
| Heymans, G. 171, 172 |
| Hoeven, J. van der 126, 162 |
| Hoff, J.H. van 't 9, 134, 135, 139, 142, 143, 154-161, 163, 169, 170, 172, 184-186 |
| Holst, G. 203- 206 |
| Holwerda, J. Ph. 46 |
| Hondius, J. 16 |
| Hooft. P.C. 17 |
| Hooke, R. 66 |
| Hooykaas, R. 59, 153 |
| Horne, J. van 63 |
| Houtman, C. de 21, 208 |
| Houtman, F. de 21, 208, 211 |
| Hubrecht, A.W.W. 163, 187, 188 |
| Hudde, J. 52-54, 66 |
| Huizinga, J. 104, 117, 126 |
| Humboldt, A. von 214 |
| Humboldt, W. von 132 |
| Huydecoper, J. 210 |
| Huygens, Chr. 8, 35, 41, 50, 52-56, 58-60, 66, 69, 95, 113, 153, 154 |
| Huygens, Const. 41, 52 |
| Ingenhousz, J. 10, 98 |
| Iterson, G. van, jr. 192 |
| Iwanowski, D.I. 164 |
| Jacchaeus, G. 44 |
| Jacobs, A. 191 |
| Jacobus I van Engeland 27 |
| Jan de Oude van Nassau 30 |
| Jansonius, W. 33 |
| Janssen, S. 26 |
| Johan Maurits van Nassau 211, 212 |
| Johnston, J.F.W. 120 |
| Jougmans, W.J. 199 |
| Jordan, H.J. 188, 189 |
| Jorissen, W.P. 185, 186 |
| Julius, W.H. 183, 195, 196 |
| Junghuhn, F.W. 214 |
| Kaiser, F. 127, 135, 166, 193 |
| Kaiser, P.J. 130 |
| Kamerlingh Onnes, H. 134, 135, 137- 139, 141, 143, 146-149, 151, 152, 169, 178, 179, 181, 203, 205, 218, 222 |
| Kapteyn, J.C. 166-172, 194, 196, 197 |
| Keesom, W.H. 174, 178, 179 |
| Kekulé, A. 154 |
| Kepler, J. 31, 41, 46, 51, 60 |
| Kerckhoff, P.J. van 126, 127, 129, 137 |
| Kerling, L.C.P. 191 |
| Kerr, J. 151, 152 |
| Key, L. de 35 |
| Keyser, H. de 35 |
| Keyser, P.D. 208 |
| Kistemaker, J. 222 |
| Kleist, E.G. von 93 |
| Kluyver, A.J. 192, 193 |
| Koch, R. 163 |
| Koene, C.P. 181 |
| Kögl, F. 190 |
| Kolbe, H. 155 |
| Korteweg, D.J. 141, 185 |
| Kramers, H.A. 174, 180, 182 |
| Krayenhoff, C.R.Th. 99, 100 |
| Krecke, F.W.C. 123 |
| Kruyt, H.R. 186, 187, 206, 207 |
| Kuenen, J.P. 178 |
| Kuenen, Th.H. 202 |
| Laar, J.J. van 184 |
| Lansbergen, Ph. 16, 34 |
| Lavoisier, A.L. 70, 94-96 |
| Ledeboer, M. 191 |
| Leo VI van Byzantium 30 |
| Leeuwenhoek, A. van 43, 65-69, 90, 97, 125, 163 |
| Leibuiz, G.W. 50, 71, 73, 74, 78 |
| Liebig, J. 120, 121 |
| Limburg, J. 177 |
| Linnaeus, C. 10, 90, 91, 93, 210 |
| Lipperhey, H. 26 |
| Lipsius, J. 15, 30 |
| Lodewijk Napoleon 99, 101, 102 |
| Locke, J. 77 |
| Loke, M.E. 191 |
| Lorentz, H.A. 8, 9, 133-135, 138, 141, 143, 149-154, 160, 169, 170, 172-174, 178, 180, 183, 195 |
| Lorié, J. 197 |
| Lulofs, J. 74, 77, 87 |
| Maestlin, M. 31 |
| Malpighi, M. 66 |
| Marchand, P. 73 |
| Marken, J.C. van 163 |
| Markgraf, G. 211, 212, 214 |
| Martinet, J.F. 80, 117 |
| Marum, M. van 93-95, 97-99. 101, 102, 106, 110 |
| Maurits van Nassau 17, 26, 30, 32 |
| Maxwell, J.C. 144, 150, 154 |
| Méchain, P.-F.-A. 100 |
| Meer, S. van der 222 |
| Mendel, G. 162 |
| Mercator, G. 15, 16, 23, 32 |
| Mercurius 13 |
| Merian, M.S. 21.1, 214 |
| Merwen, S.F. van der 32 |
| Metius, A. 33 |
| Metius, J. 26, 27 |
| Meyer, L. 49 |
| Michelson, A. 151 |
| Middelburg, P. van 14 |
| Minnaert, M.G.J. 195, 196, 218 |
| Mohr, J.M. 213, 214 |
| Moleschott, J. 118, 119 |
| Moll, G. 110-116 |
| Moll, W.J.H. 183 |
| Monné, A.J. 123 |
| Morley, E. 151 |
| Mozes 28 |
| Mulder, C. 126 |
| Mulder, E. 184 |
| Mulder, G.J. 119-122, 126, 127, 129, 135, 169, 170, 186 |
| Mulerius, N. 33, 34 |
| Musschenbroek, J. van 73 |
| Musschenbroek, P. van 70, 75-77, 79, 80, 82-84, 91, 93, 97, 122, 139 |
| Nahuys, A.P. 95 |
| Napoleon 99, 102 |
| Newton, I. 41, 49-51, 59, 69-71, 73, 74, 79, 89, 100, 153, 154 |
| Nierstrasz, H.F. 188, 189 |
| Nieuwentijt, B. 78-80 |
| Nollet, J.A. 82, 93 |
| North, J.D. 212 |
| Nijland, A.A. 194, 196 |
| Oersted, H. Chr. 115 |
| Ontijd, C.G. 117 |
| Oort, J.H. 196 |
| Ornstein, L.S. 182, 183, 196, 206 |
| Ostwald, W. 158 |
| Oudemans, J.A.C. 194 |
| Paauw, J., jr. 76 |
| Paaw, P. 61 |
| Paets van Troostwijk, A. 95-97 |
| Pannekoek, A. 193, 195, 218 |
| Paracelsus 62 |
| Pascal, B. 59, 60 |
| Pasteur, L. 163 |
| Perre, J.A. van der 87 |
| Petri, N. 24 |
| Philips, G.L.F. 203 |
| Pichegru, J.-Ch. 98 |
| Pictet, R.-P. 147 |
| Piso, W. 211, 212 |
| Plancius, P. 16, 21 |
| Plantijn, Chr. 16 |
| Plato 28 |
| Plutarchus 30 |
| Post, P. 35 |
| Ptolemaeus 19, 31, 34 |
| Rademaker, J.C.M. 213 |
| Raey, J. de 46, 48, 49 |
| Raffles, Th.S. 213 |
| Ramée, Pierre de la; zie: Ramus |
| Ramus, P. 29, 31, 32 |
| Ray, J. 78 |
| Reede tot Drakestein, H.A. van 209 |
| Rees, R. van 120-122 |
| Regius, H. 41, 46-48, 62 |
| Reicher, L.Th. 185 |
| Reinwardt, C.G.C. 130, 214 |
| Renerius, H. 41, 45, 46 |
| Repsold, A. 168 |
| Rhijn, P.J. van 194, 196, 197 |
| Rhyne, W. ten 209, 210 |
| Rienks, S.J. 114 |
| Robertsz.; zie: Canu |
| Roelofs, A. 114 |
| Romburgh, P. van 184, 186 |
| Roemen, A. van 15 |
| Rubbia, C. 222 |
| Rubens, P.P. 15 |
| Ruysch, F. 63, 68 |
| Rudolf II van Duitsland 27 |
| Rumphius, G.E. 210 |
| Rutten, L.M.R. 200, 202 |
| Rijckevorsel, E. van 216 |
| Rijke, P.L. 149, 169 |
| Sachs, J. 161 |
| Sancto Vincentio, G. a 15 |
| Sande Bakhuyzen, E.F. 193, 195 |
| Sande Bakhuyzen, H.G. 166, 193, 194 |
| Scaliger, J.J. 24 |
| Schaepman, H.J.A.M. 133 |
| Schagen, C.P. 26, 28 |
| Scheffer, F.E.C. 185 |
| Schilt, J. 197 |
| Schooten, F. van, sr. 51 |
| Schooten, F. van, jr. 33, 51-53 |
| Schooten, P. van 52 |
| Schreinemakers, F.A.H. 160, 185 |
| Schwarz, M.B. 192 |
| Schuyl, F. 62, 63 |
| Sellius, G. 90 |
| Sems, J. 25 |
| Senguerdius, A. 46 |
| Senguerdius, W. 50, 73, 75 |
| Shapley, H. 197 |
| Sitter, W. de 194-196, 216 |
| Sizoo, G.J. 180, 181 |
| Smits, A. 160, 185 |
| Snel van Royen; zie: Snellius |
| Snellius, R. 24, 29, 31, 33, 36, 37 |
| Snellius, W. 16, 31, 32, 51, 100 |
| Solvay, E. 172, 173 |
| Spinola, A. 26 |
| Spinoza, B. 49, 79 |
| Stahl, G.E. 72 |
| Staring, A.C.W. 108 |
| Staring, W.C.H. 108, 110, 197, 199 |
| Stelluti, F. 64 |
| Stevin, S. 8, 13, 15-21, 24, 26, 30-36, 41, 54, 113, 223 |
| Stocke, L. 83 |
| Stratingh Ezn., S. 106, 118 |
| Stuart, A. 48 |
| Sturgeon, W. 115 |
| Suringar, W.F.R. 162-163, 169, 214 |
| Swammerdam, J. 63-68, 78, 95 |
| Swinden, J.H. van 84, 88, 93, 100- 103, 113, 114, 122 |
| Swinderen, Th. van 106 |
| Sylvius, F. dele Boë 61-63 |
| Tesch, P. 198, 199 |
| Tetrode, H.M. 180 |
| Teyler van der Hulst, P. 89 |
| Thevenot, M. 78 |
| Thorbecke, J.R. 99, 128, 135, 136, 163 |
| Tiphys 32 |
| Treub, M. 214, 215 |
| Uhlenbeck, G. 174 |
| Uilkens, J.A. 117 |
| Umbgrove, J.H.F. 202 |
| Vegetius 30 |
| Vening Meinesz, F.A. 201, 202, 217, 219 |
| Verdam, G.J. 118 |
| Viète, F. 52 |
| Vinci, L. da 18 |
| Vinckboons, D. 25 |
| Vinkelens, R. 88 |
| Vitruvius 46 |
| Voetius, G. 46, 47 |
| Voigt, W. 144 |
| Volder, B. de 49, 50, 70, 73 |
| Voltaire 74 |
| Voûte, J.G.E.G. 216 |
| Vries, H. de 160-163, 169, 170, 189, 190 |
| Vries, T.W. de 167 |
| Waals, J.D. van der, sr. 9, 134, 135, 136, 139, 141, 143-146, 148, 149, 151, 159, 160, 169, 178, 184, 185, 222 |
| Waals, J.D. van der, jr. 144 |
| Waesberghe, J. van 16 |
| Waghenaer, L. 24 |
| Wagner, Z. 212 |
| Wale J. de 62 |
| Walaeus; zie: Wale |
| Waterschoot van der Gracht, W.A.J.M. van 198, 199 |
| Wegener, A.L. 217 |
| Went, F.A.F.C. 189, 190, 215 |
| Westerdijk, J. 190-192 |
| Wichman, C.E.A. 199, 200 |
| Willem I (koning) 101, 111, 114 |
| Willem Lodewijk van Nassau 30 |
| Winckler, T.C. 126 |
| Witsen, N. 211 |
| Witt, J. de 49, 52-54 |
| Wolff, Chr. 79 |
| Woltjer, H.R. 219 |
| Wright, E. 23 |
| Wurtz, A. 154, 155 |
| Zeeman, P. 134, 135, 141, 149, 151- 153, 169, 178, 179 |
| Zernike, F. 183, 222 |
| Zwikker, C. 206 |