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RefNoCLP/8i/51/2
LevelItem
TitleCopy diagram, Saturn by Christian Huygens
Date[17th Century]
DescriptionThe drawing of saturn is a copy from Christian Huygens, Systema Saturnium (The Hague: A. Vlach, 1659), p. 47.
The text mentions that 'Mons Huygens in his systema Saturnium page 47 gives us the true figure of this planet which I have here coppied from him'.

Subject: Astronomy
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rscl.1681.0025
RelatedRecordCLP/8i/51/1
CLP/8i/51
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8062Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher1629 - 1695
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