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CELLi, both of Rome. I was not able to ascertain whether the scientific instru- 

 ments of the Kircher Museum still exist, and if so where they are at present. 



Istituto di storia della scienza dell'Universita. 



Institute which is a part of the University of Rome. The first director was the 

 mathematician, Federigo Enriques (1871-1946), who began in 1932 (with Giorgio 

 DE Santillana) the publication of a general history of science. The first vol. 

 only was published (antiquity; Isis 23, 467-69). 



1920-1936: Istituto storico italiano dell'arte sanitaria. 



Established in Rome in 1920. Published a Bollettino (q.v.) from 1921 to 1934. 

 The Istituto then became the Accademia di storia dell'arte sanitaria, and the Bullet- 

 tino became Atti e memorie (q.v.). It was replaced in 1936 by the Instituto di 

 storia della medicina. 



1936: Istituto di storia della medicina deH'Universita di Roma. 



Institute which is a definite part of the faculty of medicine and is organized for 

 study, teaching, bibliographic documentation. It includes library, archives, museum, 

 and is responsible for many publications. 



The director is Prof. Adalberto Pazzini; assistant, Luigi Stroppiana. 



A. Pazzini: I primi dieci anni d'insegnamento e di attivita dellTstituto (Annali 

 di medicina navale e coloniale, vol. 3, 44 p., ill., Ministero della marina militare, 

 1946), with full bibliography. 



THE NETHERLANDS 



— Haarlem — 

 Teylers Stichting ( Teyler Foundation ) : 



Foundation established by the bequest of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst in 

 1778; it provided for two societies, the first called "Societe theologique," the second, 

 "la Seconde Societe de Teyler," dedicated to the study (in the order given) of 

 physics, poetry, history, painting, numismatics. In order to realize that second pur- 

 pose a Museum was founded containing collections of physical instruments, natural 

 curiosities, drawings and medals. 



Martinus van Marum: Description d'une tres grande machine electrique placee 

 dans le Museum de Teyler et des experiments (sic) faits par le moyen de cette 

 machine (quarto, 235 p., pis., Haarlem 1785; supplement 11 p., 1787); Premiere 

 continuation des experiences faites par le moyen de la machine electrique teylerienne 

 (quarto, 286 p., 1787). Both volumes in Dutch and French. 



Guide for visitors to the Museum by Adriaan Daniel Fokker and A. M. 

 Muntendam (not seen, date unknown). 



The most interesting among early "natural curiosities" is the giant fossil sala- 

 mander which the Swiss palaeontologist, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) 

 mistook for "homo diluvii testis." 



— Leiden — 



Rijksmuseum voor de geschiedenis der natuurwetenschappen ( National Museum for 



the History of Science at Leiden, Steenstraat 1 A): 



This museum, not connected with the Leiden University, was started by a private 

 Foundation on the initiative of Dr. Claude August Crommelin, Lecturer on Physics 

 at the Leiden University and opened the 5th of June 1931 under the directorship of 

 Dr. Croimmelin and the vice-directorship of Prof. Dr. C. J. van der Klaauw, 

 Professor of Zoology at the Leiden University. Dr. Crommelin's inaugural address 

 was published in Dutch in Physica 11 (1931) p. 152 (German translation in Die 

 Naturwissenschaften 19 (1931) p. 673). A guide for visitors was published by 

 him and the Conservator Dr. Maria Rooseboom in 1947. Dr. Crommelin has 

 devoted many articles to individual instruments, physical and astronomical, to the 

 Dutch instrumentmaking in the 17th and 18th centuries, etc. 



Since the 1st of January 1947 the museum is organized on a national basis and 

 bears the above name. Dr. Crommelin retired from the Directorship the 1st 

 of January 1949 and was succeeded by Dr. Rooseboom. 



