Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Traite de l'horloge a pendule, Chrétien Huygens 1673-1700MS 144
Biographical NoteDutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Scope and Content NoteTwo 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. RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 -- Horologium oscillatorium. Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695. Subject(s) Clocks and watches -- Drawings. Pendulum -- Early works to 1800. Scientists' writings -- Early works to 1800. Administrative InformationCredit LineTraite de l'horloge a pendule, Chrétien Huygens (MS 144). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as purchase, 1977. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |