Pedro Nunes

Pedro Nunes, 1843 print Pedro Nunes (; Latin: ''Petrus Nonius''; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.

Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nunes is best known for being the first to approach navigation and cartography with mathematical tools. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome (a rhumb line), and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius (from which the Vernier scale was derived), named after his Latin surname. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Tratado da sphera com a Theorica do sol e da lua e ho primeiro livro da Geographia de Claudio Ptolomeo
    by Nunes, Pedro
    Published 1915
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    Petri Nonii Salaciensis De arte atque ratione nauigandi libri duo : ; eiusdem In Theoricas planetarum Georgij Purbachij annotationes & In Problema mechanicum Aristotelis de motu nauigij ex remis annotatio vna ; eiusdem De erratis Orontij Finoei liber vnus ; eiusdem De crepusculis lib. I. Cum libello Allacen De causis crepusculorum
    by Nunes, Pedro
    Published 1573
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    Metropolis 2000 : energy and sustainability in European Cities : congress proceedings, January, 17-19, 1999, Athens, Greece
    Published 1999
    Other Authors: “…Nunes, Pedro de Sampaio…”
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    Building the city of tomorrow : the energy dimension : conference proceedings, May 29-30, 1998 - EXPO'98, Lisbon, Portugal
    Published 1998
    Other Authors: “…Nunes, Pedro de Sampaio…”
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    Sphaera Ioannis de Sacro Bosco
    Published 1556
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