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Creator: | |
Collection Name: | Traite de l'horloge a pendule, Chretien Huygens |
Inclusive Dates: | 1673-1700 |
Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
Abstract: | Chrétien Huygens was a dutch mathematician and astronomer. |
Collection Number: | MS 144 |
Language: | Materials are in French. |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
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.
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Traite de l'horloge a pendule, Chrétien Huygens (MS 144). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as purchase, 1977.
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