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Huygens Collection

Background imageHuygens Collection: Huygens, (1629-1695), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Huygens, (1629-1695), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Huygens, (1629-1695), 1830. Christiaan Huygens or Huyghens (1629-1695) Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor who made contributions to optics, mechanics and astronomy

Background imageHuygens Collection: Constantijn Huygens and his Clerk, 1627, (c1915). Artist: Thomas de Keyser

Constantijn Huygens and his Clerk, 1627, (c1915). Artist: Thomas de Keyser
Constantijn Huygens and his Clerk, 1627, (c1915). Held by the National Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Background imageHuygens Collection: Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870

Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870. Huygens (1629-1695) made important contributions in several scientific fields

Background imageHuygens Collection: Design for a pendulum clock, 1673

Design for a pendulum clock, 1673. Note the cycloidal pendulum with cheeks (fig.II). In 1657 Christiaan Huygens began work on developing Galileos work on the pendulum

Background imageHuygens Collection: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, c1670

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, c1670. Huygens was responsible for two great advances in horology: the application of both the pendulum to the clock and the balance spring to the watch

Background imageHuygens Collection: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, 1762

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, 1762. Huygens made important contributions in several scientific fields

Background imageHuygens Collection: Saturn, 1659

Saturn, 1659. Diagram of Saturn and its orbit and the altering appearance of its rings from different angles. Dutch physicist

Background imageHuygens Collection: Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, c1870

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, c1870. Huygens made important contributions in several scientific fields

Background imageHuygens Collection: Refracting telescope without a tube, designed by Christiaan Huyghens c1650 (1724)

Refracting telescope without a tube, designed by Christiaan Huyghens c1650 (1724). From an edition of Huyghens Opera Varia, 1724

Background imageHuygens Collection: Christiaan Huyghens (1629-1695), Dutch physicist. Artist: F Henrionnet

Christiaan Huyghens (1629-1695), Dutch physicist. Artist: F Henrionnet
Christiaan Huyghens (1629-1695), Dutch physicist. Portrait from obverse of commemorative medal. Huyghens applied the pendulum to clocks


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