Not to be confused with Gerardus Mercator the cartographer.
Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician.
He was born in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and educated at Rostock and Leyden after which he lived from 1642 to 1648 in the Netherlands. He lectured at the University of Copenhagen during 1648–1654 and lived in Paris from 1655 to 1657. He was mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy, son of the 10th Earl of Northumberland, at Petworth, Sussex (1657). He taught mathematics in London (1658–1682). On 3 May 1661 he observed a transit of Mercury with Christiaan Huygens and Thomas Streete from Long Acre, London.[1] On 14 November 1666 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2] He designed a marine chronometer for Charles II.[3]
In 1682 Jean Colbert invited Mercator to assist in the design and construction of the fountains at the Palace of Versailles, so he relocated there, but a falling out with Colbert followed.[4]
Mathematically, he is most well known for his treatise Logarithmo-technia on logarithms, published in 1668. In this treatise he described the Mercator series:
Nicholas Mercator was the first person to use the term natural logarithm.[5]
To the field of music, Mercator contributed the first precise account of 53 equal temperament, which was of theoretical importance, but not widely practised.[6]
Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician. He was...
The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in...
by Gerardus Mercator Rumold Mercator, a 16th-century cartographer NicholasMercator, a 17th-century mathematician Mercator series, a representation of...
same observation was made by the mathematician and music theorist NicholasMercator (c. 1620–1687), who calculated this value precisely as (353)⁄(284)...
Gerardus Mercator (/dʒɪˈrɑːrdəs mɜːrˈkeɪtər/; 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned...
natural logarithm. An early mention of the natural logarithm was by NicholasMercator in his work Logarithmotechnia, published in 1668, although the mathematics...
independently by Johannes Hudde and Isaac Newton. It was first published by NicholasMercator, in his 1668 treatise Logarithmotechnia. The series can be obtained...
making logarithms arose as "logaritmotechnia", the title of works by NicholasMercator (1668), Euclid Speidell (1688), and John Craig (1710). By use of the...
{x^{3}}{3}}-\cdots .\end{aligned}}} The last series is known as Mercator series, named after NicholasMercator (since it was published in his 1668 treatise Logarithmotechnia)...
The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata (Renaissance Latin for "New and...
Die alte Mühle (the old mill) now serves as a bar and restaurant. NicholasMercator, (1620–1697), mathematician, born in Eutin or near Cismar. Wilhelm...
Rumold Mercator (Leuven, 1541 – Duisburg, 31 December 1599) was a cartographer and the son of cartographer Gerardus Mercator. He completed some at the...
53 perfect fifths with 31 octaves, and was noted by Jing Fang and NicholasMercator. Musical set theory uses the language of mathematical set theory in...
1625 led to the compound being named after him: "Glauber's salt". NicholasMercator (1620-1687), mathematician, also known by his German name Kauffmann...
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theories of the spontaneous generation of maggots in putrefying matter. NicholasMercator and William Brouncker discover an infinite series for the logarithm...
calculus and develops his version of infinitesimal calculus. 1668 – NicholasMercator and William Brouncker discover an infinite series for the logarithm...
coronation of King Charles II of England. Observed by Christiaan Huygens, NicholasMercator, and Thomas Streete in Long Acre, London. 1664 Nov 4 15:54 18:32 21:10...
James Gregory publishes Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura, 1668 - NicholasMercator publishes Logarithmotechnia, 1668 - James Gregory computes the integral...
value of 53 equal temperament discovered by the German mathematician NicholasMercator [1620–1687], i.e. 353/284). Mathematics were essential in drafting...
1577 from Mercator to John Dee", Imago Mundi, 13 (1): 56–68, doi:10.1080/03085695608592127 "The Kalendarium of Nicholas of Lynn" by Nicholas of Lynn, edited...
gave a development in series of logarithms thirteen years before NicholasMercator published his famous treatise Logarithmotechnia. Mengoli also gave...
calculated by the German mathematician NicholasMercator (c. 1620–1687) as 353/284, a value known as Mercator's Comma. The Ming dynasty (1368–1644) music...
BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2018. Nicholas Crane at IMDb Interview with Wanderlust magazine BBC's Coast Interview with Nicholas Crane on Keeper of the Snails...
duly discovered by the German mathematician NicholasMercator (1620–1687) (i.e. 353 / 284, known as Mercator's comma). Later, the prince Zhu Zaiyu (1536–1611)...
177147/176776} . This value would later be calculated precisely by NicholasMercator in the 17th century (see: history of 53 equal temperaments). He was...
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