Mercator, Nicolaus, ? 1620-1687 (mathematician and astronomer)
Dates
- Existence: ? 1620 - 1687
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Appendix ad N. Mercatoris Logarithmotechniam
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.
Mercator of Differences, 1650 - 1683 (circa)
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.
Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude Sailing, Plain Sailing, c 1710-c 1749
Similar content to MS Add.9597/14/1. Same hand as MS Add.9597/14/6.
Nicolai Mercatoris Astrologia Rationalis, c 1650 - c 1750
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.