Van de Graaff

Van de Graaff can refer to the physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff or machines named in honor of the physicist. The devices include:

  • Van de Graaff generator
  • The linear particle accelerator design that bears his name.

Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was the successor of Joachim van Plettenberg as Governor at Cape Town in 1785.

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)