Huygens

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[ hahy-guhnz, hoi-; Dutch hoi-gens ]

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��·�پ�� [kris, -ch, uh, n, kris, -tee-ahn], 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.

Huygens

/ ˈhœixəns; ˈhaɪɡənz /

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HuygensChristiaan16291695MDutchSCIENCE: physicist Christiaan (ˈkristiːˌaːn). 1629–95, Dutch physicist: first formulated the wave theory of light

Huygens

Dutch physicist and astronomer who in 1655 discovered Saturn's rings and its fourth satellite, using a telescope he constructed with his brother. In 1657 he built the first pendulum clock. Huygens also proposed that light consists of transverse waves that vibrate up and down perpendicular to the direction in which the light travels. This theory, which explained some properties of light better than Newton's theory, was made public in 1690.

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The Huygens Institute, which helped digitise the archive, says this is a major barrier for people wishing to research the Netherlands' occupation, which lasted from its invasion in 1940 to 1945.

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First described by Christiaan Huygens in the 17th century, synchronisation was famously illustrated by the aligned swinging of his pendulum clocks.

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Isaac Newton concluded that light consists of particles in 1672; Christiaan Huygens developed his wave theory of light six years later.

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After some time, Turchin notes, they "all start swinging together in perfect synchrony," as first observed by Dutch scholar Christiaan Huygens in 1665.

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With the instruments, Huygens studied Saturn’s rings and discovered its moon Titan.

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Hu Yaobang Huygens eyepiece

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