Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician)
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A paper of my own about the descent in a Cycloid printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1697, cFebruary 1697
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [22]
Scope and Contents
A late draft of an elementary development of Christiaan Huygens' work on the cycloid, that finally appeared anonymously in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for February 1697 (nos 225, 424).
Dates:
cFebruary 1697
Apud Doctorem Ruyschium Amsterodami, 24 May 1693
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [10]
Scope and Contents
Notes from a paediatric anatomy demonstration, that appears to have dealt with certain birth defects. Followed by what appears to be a note about an actuarial problem concerning human senescence; several individuals who have worked on it are named, including Christiaan Huygens. Then follows a diagram of a machine designed by Jan Hudde for descrying a curve of changing slope. Last is a note about a conversation with Hudde about calculating dimensions and focal length of lenses in...
Dates:
24 May 1693
Probl: ... et theorema Hugeniarium ..., 1680's
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [127]
Scope and Contents
Notes on Huygens and Deschales.
Dates:
1680's
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- Abnormalities, Human 1
- Aging 1
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