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Christiaan Huygens
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Nathan Hardy
⟶ Updated 7 Oct 2018 ⟶
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Events
Born
Galileo notices regular swinging of a chandelier
Started making telescope lenses - 1652
Discovered Saturns Moon Titan - 1655
Proves his theory on Saturns rings
Observed and sketched the Orion Nebula
Huygens succeeded with his pendulum clock - 1656
Made a member of the Royal Society
Helped found the 'Academie des Sciences'
Published his 'Horologium Oscillatorium'
Died
Studied Maths and Law at University of Leiden
Met Isaac Newton
Published 'Cosmotheorus'
Estimated the length of day on mars at 24 1/2 hours - 1659
Made the first clock using a balance spring 1675
