Huygens

Huygens .
McGill Library Islamic Lithographs digital collection. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/islamic_lithographs/fullrecord.php?ID=2428. Web. 31 October, 2024. PDF file.

Christiaan Huygens (1551-1624) was a highly influential Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist. He is famous for founding the wave theory of light and discovering the true shape of the rings of Saturn.
Engraving after a portrait by Frederick Ottens (active 18th century).

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