Nonius, Petrus

Nonius, Petrus:

see Nunes, PedroNunes, Pedro
, Lat. Petrus Nonius, 1502–1578, Portuguese mathematician, geographer, and writer on navigation and geometry. He was the first (1534) to demonstrate an instrument for measuring angles and was the reputed inventor of the rhumb line.
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