Huygens publishes Horologium Oscillatorium In 1673, Dutch mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens published Horologium Oscillatorium: Sive de motu pendulorum ad horologia aptato demonstrationes geometricae [The Pendulum Clock: Or geometrical demonstrations concerning the motion of pendula as applied to clocks, his major work on the theory and design of pendulum clocks. This is a highly influential publication by the inventor of the domestic pendulum clock. It is widely considered to be the most important book on clocks Image Credit Cover page of Huygens's Horologium Oscillatorium in Latin (Paris, 1673). Christiaan Huygens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
