Paper, regarding the orbits of the planets by Nicolas Mercator
Reference number: CLP/8i/20a
Date: 1664
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An extract from Nicolas Mercator, 'Hypothesis astronomica nova, et consensus eius cum observationibus' [New hypothesis of astronomy, and with the consent of charges] (London: Ex officina Leybourniana, 1664), where the diagram appears on page 2. By 1670, Mercator had understood Kepler’s area law.
Subject: Astronomy
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- CLP/8i/20a
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- 1664
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nicolas Mercator, Paper, regarding the orbits of the planets by Nicolas Mercator, 1664, CLP/8i/20a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_20a/paper-regarding-the-orbits-of-the-planets-by-nicolas-mercator, accessed on 12 September 2024
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