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- Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
3: ...cience was [[mathematics|mathematical]], [[mechanics|mechanical]], and [[empiricism|empirical]].
26: *Laws of hydrostatics
42: ...ptance of the heliocentric system were his mechanics and the observations he made with his telescope, ...
44: ...ation]] combined terrestrial and celestial mechanics into one great system that seemed to be able to d...
46: ...d mathematical theories of light as either waves (Huygens) or particles (Newton). Similar developments coul... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...o occur near the boundaries of the [[plate tectonics|continental plates]]. However, important exceptio...
98: The [[Cassini-Huygens]] mission has found evidence of a methane-spewing...
107: ...he interior of the earth, the movements and dynamics of '''magma''' are poorly understood. However, it...
126: ...s also on a ridge, but has different characteristics than a simple volcano. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
83: ==Politics==
84: {{Politics of the Netherlands}}
85: ''Main article: [[Politics of the Netherlands]]''
134: ... and the (previous) religious dominance of catholics in the south and calvinists in the north.
150: == Demographics == - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
209: ...[[1836]]: Improved [[screw propeller]]: [[John Ericsson]]
218: ...submarine]] machinery [[SS Princeton]]: [[John Ericsson]]
248: * [[1861]]: Ironclad [[USS Monitor]]: [[John Ericsson]] - Comet (30542 bytes)
7: == Physical characteristics ==
15: ...e compounds leaving behind heavy long-chain organics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude ...
17: ...o emit [[X-rays]] [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/hyakutake.html]. These X-rays surprised res...
19: ==Orbital characteristics==
35: ...r indicating the order of their discovery.{{hnote|CSBN (1994)}} So Halley's Comet, the first comet to ... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...res about other areas of knowledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily u...
23: ... of a comprehensive theory of physics (see [[Physics (Aristotle)]]). Yet, until the period of the [[Sc...
54: ...29]]) contributed to [[astronomy]] and [[mathematics]] and [[Persian]] scholar [[Al-Razi]] to [[chemis...
61: ...y), [[Galen]] (Medicine), and [[Aristotle]] (Physics) were found to not always match everyday observat...
65: ...[René „escartes]], and [[Thomas Hobbes]]. The basics of [[scientific method]] were also developed: the... - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
4: ..., he discovered [[Hooke's law]] of [[solid mechanics|elasticity]], which describes the linear variatio...
12: ...vented the [[balance spring]] before [[Christiaan Huygens]]. Devices known as escapements regulate the rate... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...n [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," and as "father of [[science]]." His experimen...
7: ...ed on its faculty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this ...
10: ...y be the oldest known non-linear relation in physics, between the tension and the pitch of a stretched...
34: == Physics ==
35: ...igorous experiments and insisting on a [[mathematics|mathematical]] description of the laws of nature. - Microscope (8708 bytes)
3: ...t|instrument]] containing one or more [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] that produce an enlarged image of an ob...
8: ...sisted of a single, small, [[convex]] [[lens (optics)|lens]] mounted on a plate with a mechanism to ho...
54: ... huge step forward in microscope development. The Huygens ocular is still being produced to this day, but s...
84: ...tp://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html Micscape] - a monthly magazine directed towards the am... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
11: == Physical characteristics ==
27: ...ed that Venus does not have mobile [[plate tectonics]] as Earth does, but instead undergoes massive vo...
118: ...achnoids]]. Venus had no evidence of plate tectonics, unless the northern third of the planet happened...
130: ...to [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]] and the [[Cassini-Huygens Mission]] to [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] (two flyb...
133: ...ill study the atmosphere and surface characteristics of Venus from orbit. The nominal mapping mission ... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
6: ...="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] J2000)
50: ...lor="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics
108: ...tial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
171: ==Physical characteristics==
222: ...ight|Jupiter as seen by the space probe [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]. This is the most detailed global color... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
6: ...="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
50: ...lor="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics
111: ...tial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
139: ==Physical characteristics==
149: ...e approaching Saturn in [[2004]], the ''[[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]'' spacecraft found that the radio rotat... - Clock (10086 bytes)
51: ...ed the [[anchor escapement]], an improvement over Huygens' [[crown escapement]]. Within just one generation...
130: ...r, Joella Gerstmeyer. Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the mathematization of nature. New York: Camb... - Lightning (33113 bytes)
39: Statistics: an average bolt of negative lightning carries a ...
46: .../dft_avsafety/documents/page/dft_avsafety_500699.hcsp]. It has since been suggested that it may have ...
50: Statistics (based on a small number of measurements): an ave...
61: ...lightning strikes take on particular characteristics, and scientists and the public have given names t...
121: ...JATP_title.html]. However, recently the [[Cassini-Huygens]] mission flyby of Venus detected no signs of lig... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
55: ... data from the [[Huygens probe]] of the [[Cassini-Huygens]] space mission, which dropped onto Titan's surfa... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
352: *[[Christiaan Huygens]] (Netherlands, [[1629]] - [[1695]])
563: ...relman]] (Russia, [[Steklov Institute of Mathematics]], [[Saint Petersburg]])
834: ...d.ac.uk/history/ The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive] – Very complete list of detailed b... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
290: *[[Christiaan Huygens]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1629]] – [[1695]])
669: ...ose work had an impact on astronomy and astrophysics==== - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
806: *[[Christiaan Huygens]], (1629-1695){{fn|C}} - Argon (6952 bytes)
42: == Notable characteristics ==
63: ...ppm]] Ar-36. In [[2005]], the ''[[Cassini-Huygens|Huygens]]'' probe also discoverd the presence of Ar-40 on... - Anton van Leeuwenhoek (4111 bytes)
7: ...opy by Huygens to observe the quality of the fabrics that he sold. From there, he grew an insatiable i...
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