Traite de l'horloge a pendule, Chretien Huygens

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Page from Traite de l'horloge a pendule

Page from Traite de l'horloge a pendule by Chretien Huygens, a Dutch astronomer

Collection area: History of Science

Collection dates: 1673-1700

About this collection

Two volumes: Volume 1 contains a handwritten translation by an unknown compiler of the five chapters of Huygens' book, plus an index. This is followed by three sections: "Vie d'Huygens," "Horloge de Chrétien fils de Constanti Huygens de Zulichem," and "Instruction d'Huygens sur l'usage de ses horloges pour trouver les longitudes." Volume 2 contains original steel-plate engravings of diagrams related to the text.

Includes French translation of: Christiaan Huygens' Horologium oscillatorium, Apud F. Muguet, Paris, 1673, with his dedication to Louis XIV, dated March 25, 1673.

Historical background

Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.

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