Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (9 December 1571 – 6 September 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes...
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geometer and astronomer Adriaan Metius. Little is known of Jacob Metius other than he lived his life in Alkmaar. His father was Adriaan Anthonisz, a...
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central peaks. The most prominent crater on the floor is Metius B, located near the northeast rim. Metius is a crater of Nectarian age. The eponym for this crater...
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prominent members of society. Adriaan Metius (9 Dec 1571 – 6 Sep 1635) was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. Jacob Metius worked as an instrument-maker...
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Dutch ethologist Adriaan van Maanen (1884–1946), Dutch–American astronomer Adriaan Metius (1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer Adriaan Isebree Moens...
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Willem Blaeu (1571–1638) a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher Adriaan Metius (1571–1635) a Dutch geometer and astronomer Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633)...
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two positive lenses proposed by Johannes Kepler in 1611), and that (Adriaan) Metius and Cornelis Drebbel bought a telescope from him and his father in...
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medieval European Renaissance, the Dutch mathematician and surveyor Adriaan Metius developed his own Jacob's staff; Dutch mathematician Gemma Frisius made...
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In April 1629, he joined the University of Franeker, studying under Adriaan Metius, either living with a Catholic family or renting the Sjaerdemaslot....
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Uylenburgh Henricus Antonides Nerdenus, professor of theology 1585-1614 Adriaan Metius, mathematician and astronomer, professor extraordinarius in 1598 Johannes...
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Prince Maurice. Leiden University governors heard in April 1600 that Adriaan Metius, a fortification advisor to Prince Maurice and the States General, had...
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also an editor and published works of Willebrord Snell, Descartes, Adriaan Metius, Roemer Visscher, Gerhard Johann Vossius, Barlaeus, Hugo Grotius, Vondel...
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other persons, Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius; Adriaan Metius, the geometer and astronomer from Holland; and the English mathematician...
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Delft School. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-973-4. Metius, Adriaan (1621). Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae (in Dutch). Amsterdam...
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(1570?-1631), nobleman and Viceroy of New Spain, in office 1621–1624 Adriaan Metius of the Netherlands (1571–1635), mathematician and astronomer Thomas...
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Adrianus F.J.M.M. "Ad" Konings (born 1956), Dutch ichthyologist Adrianus Metius (1571–1635), Dutch geometer and astronomer Adrianus "Aad" Nuis (1933–2007)...
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der geheelder werelt. de Bonte. p. xvii. Retrieved 18 November 2023. Metius, Adriaan Adriaansz (1627). Fundamentale onderwijsinghe, aengaende de fabrica...
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(1730–1817) WGPSN Metius 40°25′S 43°22′E / 40.42°S 43.37°E / -40.42; 43.37 (Metius) 83.81 1935 Adriaan Adriaanszoon (known as Metius) (1571–1635) WGPSN...
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of a telescope appear in patents filed 1608 by Hans Lippershey and Jacob Metius. A description of Lippershey's instrument quickly reached Galileo Galilei...
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