Nonius
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- Pedro NunesPedro NunesPedro Nunes , was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, from a New Christian family. Nunes, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of his time , is best known for his contributions in the technical field of navigation, which was crucial to the Portuguese period of...
(Latin: Petrus Nonius) (1502–1578), Portuguese astronomer and mathematician. - Nonius MarcellusNonius MarcellusNonius Marcellus was a Roman grammarian of the 4th or 5th century AD. His only surviving work is the De compendiosa doctrina, a dictionary or encyclopedia in 20 books that shows his interests in antiquarianism and Latin literature from Plautus to Apuleius. Nonius may have come from...
, Latin grammarian and lexicographer, lived at the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th century AD. - Nonius, who is mentioned in a poem by CatullusCatullusGaius Valerius Catullus was a Latin poet of the Republican period. His surviving works are still read widely, and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art.-Biography:...
(Catullus 52). (See http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catullus_52?match=la) - Nonius PhilippusNonius Philippus... Nonius Philippus was a governor of Britannia Inferior, a province of Roman Britain by AD 242. Little else is known of him as he is mentioned only on a dedication at Old Carlisle....
, a governor of Britannia InferiorBritannia InferiorBritannia Inferior was a subdivision of the Roman province of Britannia established c. 214 by the emperor Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus. Located in modern northern England, the region was governed from the city of Eboracum by a praetorian legate in command of a single legion stationed in...
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- Nonius (horse)Nonius (horse)The Nonius, or Nóniusz, is a horse breed named after its Anglo-Norman foundation sire. The breed was developed at the Imperial Stud at Mezőhegyes, Hungary by careful linebreeding. Originally bred to serve as a light draft and utility horse for Hungary's military, the breed became a useful...
, a breed of horse. - Nonius (device)Nonius (device)Nonius is a device, named in honour to its author and inventor Pedro Nunes , created in 1542 as a system for taking fine measurements on the astrolabe which could largely improve its accuracy...
, a precursor to the Vernier scaleVernier scaleA vernier scale is an additional scale which allows a distance or angle measurement to be read more precisely than directly reading a uniformly-divided straight or circular measurement scale... - Nonius (crater)Nonius (crater)Nonius is a lunar impact crater. It is located in the rugged southern highlands on the Moon's near side. The northwestern side and about half the interior floor are overlain by the rim and outer rampart of the walled plain Walther...
, a lunar crater.