Christiaan Huygens
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Updated: 7 Oct 2018
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BornGalileo notices regular swinging of a chandelierStarted making telescope lenses - 1652Discovered Saturns Moon Titan - 1655Proves his theory on Saturns ringsObserved and sketched the Orion NebulaHuygens succeeded with his pendulum clock - 1656Made a member of the Royal SocietyHelped found the 'Academie des Sciences'Published his 'Horologium Oscillatorium'DiedStudied Maths and Law at University of LeidenMet Isaac NewtonPublished 'Cosmotheorus'Estimated the length of day on mars at 24 1/2 hours - 1659Made the first clock using a balance spring 1675
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