Sujet

Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870.Artist: JH Rennefeld

Légende

Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870. Huygens (1629-1695) made important contributions in several scientific fields. He postulated that light consisted of waves, determined the nature of Saturn's rings, developed the pendulum clock, and applied the balance spring to the pocket watch. He also wrote the first book on Probability Theory, published in 1657. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).
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Date

1870

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C48_131

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,8Mo (5,6Mo) / 31,3cm x 40,7cm / 3696 x 4805 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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