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Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS (/ ˈ h aɪ ɡ ən z / HY-gənz, [2] US also / ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / HOY-gənz; [3] Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɦœyɣə(n)s] ⓘ; also spelled Huyghens; Latin: Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.
'The Archives of Christiaan Huygens and his Editors', in Michael Hunter, ed., Archives of the Scientific Revolution. Woodbridge, 1998. The Letters of Christiaan Huygens, Revue d'histoire des sciences Année, 56(1), 2003, pp. 135–143. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Christiaan Huygens including a concordance with his Oeuvres Complètes ...
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Centrifugal governors were invented by Christiaan Huygens and used to regulate the distance and pressure between millstones in windmills in the 17th century. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] James Watt designed his first governor in 1788 following a suggestion from his business partner Matthew Boulton .