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Mercator, Nicolaus, ? 1620-1687 (mathematician and astronomer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: ? 1620 - 1687

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Appendix ad N. Mercatoris Logarithmotechniam

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/101
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
 File

Mercator of Differences, 1650 - 1683 (circa)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/9/15
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.

Dates: 1650 - 1683 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Very restricted opening: stiff parchment over spine. Do NOT force open. Conservation assistance required if wider opening needed.
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Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude Sailing, Plain Sailing, c 1710-c 1749

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/14/7
Scope and Contents

Similar content to MS Add.9597/14/1. Same hand as MS Add.9597/14/6.

Dates: c 1710-c 1749
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Nicolai Mercatoris Astrologia Rationalis, c 1650 - c 1750

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/6/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.

Dates: c 1650 - c 1750
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1