Labels:text | collectable | book OCR: A B CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS mathematics, and nature. 1629-1695 In 1657, Huygens devised the E first pendulum clock, and thereby F dramatically increased the accuracy G of timekeeping - although H mechanical clocks existed before this time, they were too inaccurate I to have minute hands. K Huygens was also an important L figure in astronomy. With his M improved, homemade telescope, he discovered the planet Saturn's rings. However, Huygens' most Po important discoveries are considered HRISTIAAN HUYGENS was R C bom in the Hague, Holland, to be in optics. In 1678, he was the S first person to suggest that light T into a rich and cultured family. travels in waves. After studying law at a university in Leiden, Huygens returned to his W father's house, where he lived for Y the rest of his life, studying science, Mechanical Clock Z M 1
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