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'OPERA MECHANICA - TOMUS PRIMUS - OPERA GEOMETRICA - TOMUS SECUNDUS'

CHRISTIAN HUYGENS ('ALSO: CHRISTIANUS HUGENIUS') 1629 The Hague - 1695 ibid. 'OPERA MECHANICA - TOMUS PRIMUS - OPERA GEOMETRICA - TOMUS SECUNDUS' Netherlands, Leiden, Jansson van der Aa, 1724 Leather binding, Latin text, 776 pages numbered in Arabic, index and bibliography as well as 56 engraved plates numbered in Roman. 26.5x21x7.5cm. Part. dam., browned, slightly stained. Huygens, a Dutch physicist and mathematician, was known for his work in astronomy, his involvement in the development of calculus, his theory that light exists in waves, and his watchmaking work. After Newton, he is considered one of the great scientists of the second half of the 17th century.