|
|
Definition of Christian Huygens
1. Noun. Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christian Huygens
Literary usage of Christian Huygens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1828)
"By Christian Huygens. 1 HERE are several vegetable and mineral bodies and
crystallized salts which are formed with certain angles and regular figures. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1828)
"By Christian Huygens. THERE are several vegetable and mineral bodies and crystallized
salts which are formed with certain angles and regular figures. ..."
3. Conferences Held in Connection with the Special Loan Collection of by South Kensington Museum (1877)
"The object lens of this old telescope has been made by Christian Huygens, ...
Here also is a lens on which is written the name of Christian Huygens, ..."
4. A History of Science by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1904)
"Christian Huygens If for nothing else, the world is indebted to the man who
invented the pendulum clock, Christian Huygens (1629-1695), of the Hague, ..."
5. Benedict de Spinoza: His Life, Correspondence, and Ethics by Robert Willis (1870)
"... editors of the Opera Posthuma, Dr Van Vloten has been at the pains to publish
in his Supplement several that passed between him and Christian Huygens. ..."
6. Modern Optical Instruments and Their Construction by Henry Orford (1896)
"Christian Huygens betrat ruhmvoll die schriftstellerische Laufbahn so frühzeitig,
dafs er schon im Jahre 1666., in seinem sieben und ..."
Other Resources:
