Mercator, Nicolaus, -1687, FRS; Danish astronomer and mathematician

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referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 169). Included are:-(1) Logarithmo-Technia, by Nicolaus Mercator, 1668, to which is joined Exercitatio Geometrica de Maximis et Minimis by Michele Angelo Ricci, 1668. Printed, with a few MS. additions and notes by Pell. ff... British Library
referencedIn OLDENBURG CORRESPONDENCE Miscellaneous original letters, etc., addressed chiefly to Henry Oldenburg, Secretary to the Royal Society, by scientific men; 1665-1676. 'Re writers include:-(1) Sir Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg; 24-26 Oct. 1676. Latin a..., 1665-1676 British Library
referencedIn Vos. XVI (ff. 341).includes:ff. 42, 43 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'Poor Robin's Intelligence': 1676.ff. 62-77, 80-84, 163b, 181, 226 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.f. 78 Robert Hooke, FRS: Note... British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i + 330). Various works and extracts, partly in Pell's autograph, among them being:-(a) 'De progressionis differentialis gradu secundo'; 1630. f. 9;-(b) 'Logistica generalis'; 1634. f. 15;-(c) 'Progymnasma analyticum'; 1637...., 1630-1637 British Library
referencedIn Vol. II (ff. 399). (1) Johann Heinrich Rahn to J. Pell; Kyburg, near Zurich, 3 March 1658. Latin. ff. 5-6b. (2) John Pell to Theodore Hank, on scientific subjects; 1663, 1664. ff. 13-17b. (3) Ezerel Tonge, D.D., to J. Pell; 8 Oct. 1662. ff. 23-24. (4..., 1654-1714 British Library
referencedIn TREATISES ON NAVIGATION, as follows:-(1) 'The Art of Navigation, Book 1st', and (f. 23) 'Book 3d the latter containing only the first two of the eight chapters described on the title-page (f. 23). Leaves have been cut out (prior to the old foliation)..., 17th century-18th century British Library
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