| |
| | TIMELINE 17th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Boyle's Law: "at constant temperature, the volume of a confined gas decreases in proportion to the increase in pressure." 1629: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Astronomer [1629-8 July 1695], son of noted Dutch poet Constantijn Christiaan Huygens [1596-1687]. |
 | | Huygens' Principle: "every point on a wavefront of light is a source of new waves." see: [1656],[1657],[1659],[1664],[1673],[1678] 1632: Baruch Spinoza, philosopher [1632-Feb 1674] 1632: John Locke, philosopher [29 Aug 1632-28 Oct 1704], founder of British Empiricism. |
 | | Huygens' Principle: "every point on a wavefront of light is a source of new waves." see: [1656],[1657],[1659],[1664],[1673],[1678] 1699: Jean Racine [1639-1699]: French dramatist, leading classical tragedian, also a prose Historian. |
| www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline17.html (9175 words) |
|