Author:Christiaan Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens
(1629–1695)

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Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist and horologist. His work included early telescopic studies elucidating the nature of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and other investigations in timekeeping, and studies of both optics and the centrifugal force.

1686 painting depicting Christiaan Huygens

Works

De Saturni Luna Observatio Nova (About the New Observation of the Moon of Saturn [Discovery of Titan]). (1656)
The celestial worlds discover'd: or, Conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets. (1698) external transcription
Treatise On Light, Thompson 1912 external scan (HathiTrust)

Works about Huygens

* "Sketch of Huygens" in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (April 1886)
The wave theory of light; by Henry Crew, Published 1900 external scan
"Huygens, Christiaan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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