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Christiaan Huygens (Person) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Christiaan Huygens

Also known as: Hugenius, Christian Huyghens

8 books·279 total mentions

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A Dutch mathematician and physicist who made landmark contributions to optics, horology, and the study of planetary motion during the 17th century.

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Appears in 8 Books

Newton: Principia (1726 Third Edition)

Isaac Newton

p. 24 p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33+43 more pages

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Motte 1729)

Isaac Newton

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Traité de la Lumière (1690)

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p. 22 p. 23 p. 24 p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31+105 more pages

Horologium Oscillatorium (1673)

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p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. I (Correspondance)

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p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34+21 more pages

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p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43+5 more pages

Horologium Oscillatorium

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p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+21 more pages

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p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77 p. 78 p. 79+4 more pages

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