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Author(s): Alfons Van der Kraan

Publication date (Print): December 2001

Journal: Prometheus

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Keywords: Dutch East India Company, Christiaan Huygens, Johannes Hudde, Longitude, Pendulum Clock, Marine Clock

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Title: Prometheus

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ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

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Publication date (Print): December 2001

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Pages: 279-298

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Publisher ID: 10032428 Coden ID: Prometheus, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 279-298

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[1] Musson A. E.. , ed. 1972. . Technology and Economic Growth in the Eighteenth Century Methuen . p. 56––68. . London :

[2] van der Aa A. J.. 1969. . Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden . , p. 432––33. . Amsterdam : : B.M. Israel. .

[3] van Schooten Francisci. . 1659. . Cartesii Geometrica cum Commentants . Vol. 2 vols. , Amsterdam :

[4] Molhuijsen P. C. and Blok P. J.. , eds. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . , p. 1172––76. . Leiden : : Sijthoff. .

[5] Sobel D.. 1995. . Longitude: The Story of the Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time . p. 1––10. . Methuen :

[9] Bos H. J. M.. “'Huygens, Christiaan'. ”. In Dictionary of Scientific Biography . , Edited by: Gillispie C. C.. Vol. Vol. VI. , p. 598 New York : : Scribner. .

[10] Andriesse C. D.. Titan kan niet Slapen, em Biografie van Christiaan Huygens . , p. 57 Amsterdam : : Contact. .

[11] Bell A. E.. Christiaan Huygens and the Development of Science in the Seventeenth Century . , p. 21––22. . London : : Edward Arnold and Co.. .

[13] Cohen H. F.. Christiaan Huygens: A Question of Time . , p. 5 Leiden : : Museum Boerhave. .

[14] Gould R. T.. 1960. . The Marine Chronometer . , p. 27––30. . London : : Holland Press. .

[15] Mahoney M. S.. 1979. . “'Christiaan Huygens: the measurement of time and longitude at sea'. ”. In Studies on Christiaan Huygens . , Edited by: Bos H. J. M., Rudwick M. J. S.. p. 254 Lisse : : Swets and Zeitlinger. .

[16] Huygens Christiaan. . 1901. . Ouevres Compltes, Correspondence, 1685-1690 . , Vol. Vol. IX. , p. 55––76. . La Haye : : Nijhoff. .

[21] Huet C. Busken. . Het Land van Rembrandt: Studien over At Noord-Nederlandse Beschaving in de Zeventiende Eeuw . , Vol. Vol. 2. , p. 183 Utrecht : : Het Spectrum. .

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