Christiaan Huygens

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skos:prefLabel	Christiaan Huygens
skos:altLabel	Christian Huygens Christiaan C. Huygens Christiaan Huygens#Cosmotheoros Christiaan Huygens' Christiaan Huygens^ Christiaen Huygens Christian Huygens Christian Huyghens Christianus '''Hugenius''' Huygens' Huygens's Huygens, Christiaan Huyghens
clgo:academicAdvisor	Frans van Schooten
clgo:academicDiscipline	Physicist
clgo:battle	Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
clgo:birthDate	1629-04-14
clgo:birthPlace	The Hague
clgo:birthYear	1629
clgo:deathDate	1695-07-08
clgo:deathPlace	The Hague
clgo:knownFor	Magic lantern Wave Repetition pitch Huygens–Fresnel principle Injection locking 31 equal temperament Gambler's ruin Involute Problem of points Titan (moon) Collision Lemniscate of Gerono Evolute Centrifugal force Septimal tritone Pendulum clock Aerial telescope Gunpowder engine Eyepiece Rings of Saturn Balance spring Centripetal force Birefringence Tautochrone curve Tractrix Parallel axis theorem
clgo:nationality	Netherlands
clgo:occupation	Mathematician
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is clgo:author of	Treatise on Light Horologium Oscillatorium
is clgo:child of	Constantijn Huygens Suzanna van Baerle
is clgo:influenced of	Frans van Schooten René Descartes
is clgo:influencedBy of	Nicolas Fatio de Duillier Baruch Spinoza Isaac Newton
is clgo:knownFor of	Cornelis Dirk Andriesse

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