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One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.

–Christiaan Huygens, 1600s

What theory was Huygens writing about?

the particle theory of light
the reflection of light off objects
the way objects refract light
the wave theory of light

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the wave theory of light

(Huygens proposed that light propagates as spherical wavelets — Huygens' principle — forming a wave theory of light.)