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Horologium oscillatorium
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In fact, there's a probe named after him that landed on Saturn's moon Titan, called the Huygens Probe, made by the Europeans. That's just an aside. Anyhow, he published a book called Horologium Oscillatorium, I think was the name of that. And in there is a full discussion of timekeeping via pendulums.
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“In fact, there's a probe named after him that landed on Saturn's moon Titan, called the Huygens Probe, made by the Europeans. That's just an aside. Anyhow, he published a book called Horologium Oscillatorium, I think was the name of that. And in there is a full discussion of timekeeping via pendulums.”