Newton. Newton's legacy -- Newton's heirs -- On the continent -- Science at a halt -- Laplace. Laplace in 1805 -- Capillarity -- Burying Laplacian physics -- Crystals -- Elasticity of plates -- Elasticity of solids -- Van der Waals. 1820-1870 -- Clausius and Maxwell -- Van der Waal's thesis -- 1873-1900 -- Electrical molecule -- Resolution. Dispersion forces -- Argon -- Water -- Action at a distance -- Solids and liquids.