Leiden
Historic Dutch municipality
Leiden is a city in the western Netherlands, home to the country's oldest university.
The name appears in scientific terminology: Leiden jars store electrical charge, and the Leiden scale measures low temperatures.
The city is also associated with the Pilgrims, who lived there before sailing to America.
Constructed water passages
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
- bicyclesHuman-powered wheeled vehicles
- municipalityLocal governing district
- districtsDefined administrative regions
inhabitants · residents · old town · gables · courtyards · tulips
1620 Massachusetts colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
- William of OrangeDutch-born English sovereign
- reliefEasing of distress
weaving · textile industry · printing · Golden Age · Rembrandt · painters · history · monuments
Lossless current flow phenomenon
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
- LorentzElectromagnetic theory developer
- EinsteinByword for genius
- physicsScience of matter and energy
low temperatures · laboratory · Nobel laureates · discoveries · experiments · quantum mechanics
Institution of learning
- scholarsExperts in a field
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · humanities · sciences · law faculty · medicine · observatory · library · graduates
canals
Constructed water passages
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
- bicyclesHuman-powered wheeled vehicles
- municipalityLocal governing district
districts · inhabitants · residents · old town · gables · courtyards · tulips
Pilgrim Fathers
1620 Massachusetts colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
- William of OrangeDutch-born English sovereign
relief · weaving · textile industry · printing · Golden Age · Rembrandt · painters · history · monuments · preservation
superconductivity
Lossless current flow phenomenon
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
- LorentzElectromagnetic theory developer
- EinsteinByword for genius
physics · low temperatures · laboratory · Nobel laureates · discoveries · experiments · quantum mechanics
academy
Institution of learning
- scholarsExperts in a field
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
thesis · dissertation · humanities · sciences · law faculty · medicine · observatory · library · graduates · students