File:1664-12-11 Lantern sketch - Huygens a Petit.jpg

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English: A sketch of the lantern principles (without a slide) from Huygens reply to a letter from Pierre Petit (December 11, 1664)
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Source https://archive.org/stream/oeuvrescompltesd05huyg#page/162/mode/1up
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Christiaan Huygens  (1629–1695)  wikidata:Q39599 s:en:Author:Christiaan Huygens q:en:Christiaan Huygens
 
Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaen Huygens; Christian Huygens; Christian Hugenius
Description Dutch mathematician and astronomer
Date of birth/death 14 April 1629 Edit this at Wikidata 8 July 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Den Haag, Nederland Netherlands
Work period before 1663 to 1695
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