Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Physicist
by Print Collector
Title
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Physicist
Artist
Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, 1762. Huygens 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. From Histoire des Philosophes Modernes by Alexandre Saverien. (2nd edition, Paris, 1762). (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Image provided by Getty Images.
Uploaded
January 27th, 2021
Statistics
Viewed 558 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/25/2024 at 3:50 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Tags
Image ID
463913889
Comments
There are no comments for Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Physicist. Click here to post the first comment.