Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his...
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craterlet on the southeast rim, Apianus B, is a member of a cluster of co-joined craterlets that includes Apianus T and Apianus U. The interior floor of the...
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both its rotation and the orbit of the Moon. In 1533, German humanist Petrus Apianus described the exertion of gravity: Since it is apparent that in the...
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same as those of two comets that had appeared in 1531 (observed by Petrus Apianus) and 1607 (observed by Johannes Kepler). Halley thus concluded that...
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the Caesars; also translated as The Emperor's Astronomy) is a book by Petrus Apianus first published in 1540. Astronomicum was initially published in 1540...
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Mermesa, Nelisa, and Tara. A pyxis has Hippolyte, Mapsaura, and Thetis. Petrus Apianus attributed to these stars a mythical connection of their own. He believed...
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Petrus Apianus (1495-1552), mathematician, geographer, astronomer Philipp Apian (1531-1589), He was a German mathematician and doctor. Son of Petrus Apianus...
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the early 14th century, using the multiplicative formula for them. Petrus Apianus (1495–1552) published the full triangle on the frontispiece of his book...
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Mexico was then referred to as Parias. On a 1553 world map published by Petrus Apianus, North America was called "Baccalearum", meaning "realm of the Cod fish"...
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Ahlswede Wilhelm Ahrens Oskar Anderson Karl Apfelbacher Philipp Apian Petrus Apianus Michael Artin Günter Asser Bruno Augenstein Georg Aumann Isaak Bacharach...
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Veronese Rogier van der Weyden Andreas Vesalius François d'Aguilon Petrus Apianus Tycho Brahe Gerolamo Cardano Nicolaus Copernicus Gemma Frisius Galileo...
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Germany, the first publication in the "Schwabacher" blackletter typeface. Petrus Apianus – Cosmographicus liber (Landshut) Philippe de Commines – Mémoires (Part...
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14 November 1589) was a German mathematician and medic. The son of Petrus Apianus (1495–1552), he is also known as the cartographer of Bavaria. He was...
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scientific instrument maker, was his nephew. Cosmographia (1529) von Petrus Apianus, annotated by Gemma Frisius De principiis astronomiae et cosmographiae...
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Edmund Halley Rosa Rosae Rose 1536 Petrus Apianus Sagitta Australis Sagittae Australis Southern Arrow 1613 Petrus Plancius Scarabaeus Scarabaei Rhinoceros...
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it is in Romania). Paulus Aemilius (d. 1575), professor of Hebrew Petrus Apianus (1495–1552), mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer Philipp Apian...
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The Instrument of the Primum Mobile is also called the quadrant of Petrus Apianus, because he invented it and described it in the treatise Instrumentum...
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the university's academics included names such as Conrad Celtes and Petrus Apianus. The theologian Johann Eck also taught at the university. From 1549...
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Geographiae Cl. Ptolomaei (in Latin). Nurembergae: Ioanne Stuchs. Apianus, Petrus (1533). Cosmographicus liber Petri Apiani mathematici, iam denuo integritati...
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rotating parts. An early example is the Astronomicum Caesareum, by Petrus Apianus, which was made for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles in 1540. The book...
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pseudohermaphroditism api- bee Latin apis apian, apiary, apicula, apium; Petrus Apianus aqu- water Latin aqua acquacotta, akvavit, aqua vitae, aquaculture,...
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English politician (b. 1333) 1509 – Henry VII of England (b. 1457) 1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495) 1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici...
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Antoniadi (Greece-France, 1870–1944) Masakatsu Aoki (Japan, 1957–) Petrus Apianus (Germany, 1495–1557) François Arago (France, 1786–1853) Masaru Arai...
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instrument gained a larger popularity. It was described also c. 1530 by Petrus Apianus in his Cosmographicus Liber, republished later by Gemma Frisius with...
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to the background stars. The idea was later discussed in detail by Petrus Apianus in his Cosmographicus liber (Landshut 1524) and became known as the...
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a constellation. That year, it also appeared on a celestial map by Petrus Apianus as "Crines Berenices". In 1551, Coma Berenices appeared on a celestial...
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severely damaged by a fire. 1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544) 1495 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557) 1516 – Tabinshwehti,...
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Medicine Venice 1523 François d'Aguilon, Opticorum Libri 6, Antwerp 1613 Petrus Apianus, Cosmographia, Antwerp 1545 Mario Bettini, Beehives of Universal Philosophical...
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sixteenth-century wheel chart, a page of Astronomicum Caesareum by Petrus Apianus, 1540, apparently relating to the Moon. The red dragons mark out one...
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