Nonius is a measuring tool used in navigation and astronomy named in honour of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (Latin: Petrus Nonius), a Portuguese author, mathematician...

the vernier scale is called a nonius after Portuguese mathematician and cosmographer Pedro Nunes (Latin Petrus Nonius, 1502–1578). In English, this term...

astronomer and mathematician Nonius (horse), a breed of horse Nonius (device), a precursor to the Vernier scale Nonius (crater), a lunar crater Nonus...

idea of a loxodrome, and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius (from which the Vernier scale was derived), named after his...

vernier caliper was invented by Pierre Vernier, as an improvement of the nonius of Pedro Nunes. Inside calipers are used to measure the internal size of...

showed that the previous name, nonius after Pedro Nunes, belonged more properly to a different contrivance. The name nonius continued to be applied to the...

Bruker acquisitions include GE NMR Instruments (1992), Siemens AXS (1997), Nonius (2001), MacScience (2002), Vacuumschmelze Hanau (2003), Röntec (2005), SOCABIM...

Classical authors such as Max Weber consider collegiality as an organizational device used by autocrats to prevent experts and professionals from challenging...

ships with this name, and predecessor of other ships of the range. The nonius The mariner's astrolabe The Passarola, the first known airship The Pyreliophorus...

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dichoptic nonius lines with different amounts of offset to find a particular physical offset that leads to perceived alignment. These nonius lines are...

vernier scale, the nonius system, developed by Pedro Nunes, was used. However, it was never in common use. Tycho also used nonius methods, but he appears...

the name nonius continued to be used instead of vernier until the beginning of the 19th century. Label is an older term for a long, thin device, in particular...

it was undue to give credit to Pedro Nunes or Petrus Nonius for what has been called the nonius. Pézenas is credited with the discovery of the phenomenon...

steam device that rotated a ball on a pivot. The device used heat from a cauldron to push steam through a system of tubes towards the ball. The device produced...

gave no mathematical explanation for them. He also invented a device known as the nonius which was applied in a new instrument, the "instrumento de sombras"...

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behaviour, surroundings, and appearance of the characters. Another literary device Petronius employs in his novel is a collection of specific allusions. The...

warfare where cannons are mounted on and fired from the sides of a ship Nonius, a system for taking fine measurements on the astrolabe Mariner's astrolabe...

Another system was created in the 16th century by Pedro Nunes and was called nonius after him. It consisted of tracing a certain number of concentric circles...

chart, have beene heretofore poynted out by others, especially by Petrus Nonius, out of whom most part of the first Chapter of the Treatise following is...

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in his enumeration, in his effects of surprise, and in his transitional devices. Some commentators have also noted the influence of Ovid's interest in...

likely legal conflicts arising. In 179 BC the censors used the same legal device to help justify public contracts for several important building projects...

the improvement of devices and techniques for guidance and navigation, such as the cross-staff. Other contributions include the nonius, the nautical astrolabe...

terms so they could continue to command in the field. Prorogation was a device which allowed the people, later the senate, to send someone to act in the...

the Elizabethan era. In terms of plot, or perhaps more accurately plot device, Plautus served as a source of inspiration and also provided the possibility...

program and built 100 quinqueremes in only two months. It also invented a new device, the corvus, a grappling engine that enabled a crew to board an enemy ship...

cover their glans. The second approach was non-surgical: a restoration device which consisted of a special weight made of bronze, copper, or leather,...

instruments that the emperor Nero played. Variations of a hinged wooden or metal device called a scabellum—a "clapper"—used to beat time. Also, there were various...