Galileo Galilei, Holland and the pendulum clock
The pendulum clock was one of the most important metaphors for early modern philosophers. Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) discovered his pendulum clock in 1656 based on the principle of isochronism discovered by Galileo (1564-1642). This paper aims at exploring the broad historical context of this invention, showing the role of some key figures such as Andreas Colvius (1594-1671), Elia Diodati (1576-1661), Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) and Constantijn Huygens, the father of Christiaan Huygens. Secondly, it suggests - based on this context - that it is hard to believe that Huygens did not know about... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | O Que Nos Faz Pensar, Vol 26, Iss 41 (2018) |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Schlagwörter: | Speculative philosophy / BD10-701 / Philosophy (General) / B1-5802 |
Sprache: | Portuguese |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26712225 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/e7d789c307474b7cbce93bc2aa5ddce6 |
The pendulum clock was one of the most important metaphors for early modern philosophers. Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) discovered his pendulum clock in 1656 based on the principle of isochronism discovered by Galileo (1564-1642). This paper aims at exploring the broad historical context of this invention, showing the role of some key figures such as Andreas Colvius (1594-1671), Elia Diodati (1576-1661), Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) and Constantijn Huygens, the father of Christiaan Huygens. Secondly, it suggests - based on this context - that it is hard to believe that Huygens did not know about Galileo’s idea to construct a pendulum regulated clock. Finally, this article illustrates how the Dutch philosopher Spinoza (1632-1677) might have been inspired by Huygens’ discovery of the synchronization of the pendulum clocks in his views on the agreement between bodies in the universe.