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  3. Christiaan Huygens - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. History of centrifugal and centripetal forces - Wikipedia

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    For Huygens and Newton centrifugal force was the result of a curvilinear motion of a body; hence it was located in nature, in the object of investigation. According to a more recent formulation of classical mechanics, centrifugal force depends on the choice of how phenomena can be conveniently represented.

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    '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 ...

  7. Horologium Oscillatorium - Wikipedia

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    Horologium Oscillatorium: Sive de Motu Pendulorum ad Horologia Aptato Demonstrationes Geometricae (English: The Pendulum Clock: or Geometrical Demonstrations Concerning the Motion of Pendula as Applied to Clocks) is a book published by Dutch mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens in 1673 and his major work on pendula and horology.

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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 .