Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk

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Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk (4 March 1752 – 3 April 1837) was a Dutch businessman and an

Johan Rudolph Deiman
(1743–1808).

Electrostatic generator at Teyler's museum that was used for many of the experiments

Van Troostwijk was born in

Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Krayenhoff he examined cures and medical applications of electricity.[6]
Along with Deiman the founded a society in 1791 called the De Bataafsche Societeit (The Batavian Society) which later was called the Gezelschap der Hollandsche Scheikundigen (Society of Dutch Chemists). In 1815 he purchased the Sterreschans estate.

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