From Patrick.Bultinck ^%at%^ rug.ac.be Wed Mar 15 05:30:19 1995 Received: from mserv.rug.ac.be for Patrick.Bultinck#* at *#rug.ac.be by www.ccl.net (8.6.10/930601.1506) id EAA23916; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 04:36:43 -0500 Received: from allserv.rug.ac.be by mserv.rug.ac.be with SMTP id AA27318 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 15 Mar 1995 10:35:00 +0100 Received: by allserv.rug.ac.be (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA08369; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 10:36:05 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 10:36:04 +0100 (MET) From: Patrick Bultinck To: chemistry #at# ccl.net Subject: CCL:Spelling of v(V?)an der Waals('?) In-Reply-To: <11A63DE4EAB:~at~:aurum.chem.wits.ac.za> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Van der Waals. In Belgium (northern Dutch speaking part) we do use capitals for the first letter ! (contrary to an earlier post by somebody from South Africa). Looking at the phonebook of my lab here I see e.g. : Van Driessche Van Eename Van der Kelen Van de Vondel Van Thuyne etc. etc. I always use the term Van der Waals radii written with capital V ! I happen to be reading in a book by I and M Hatgittai on symmetry, and I see e.g. on page 114 the term van der Waals radii, and on p.115 Van der Waals radii... I believe that it should be Van der Waals radii, I see no reason to start changing peoples names when used as an adjective, so Van der Waals radii. Patrick