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Willebrord Snellius (born
Willebrord Snel van Royen) (13 June 1580 – 30
October 1626) was a
Dutch astronomer and mathematician,
commonly known as Snell...
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Willibrord (Latin: Villibrordus; c. 658 – 7
November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He
became the
first Bishop of
Utrecht in...
- Sint
Willebrord is a town in the muni****lity of
Rucphen in the Netherlands. It is also
known by the name 't
Heike which was the semi-official name up...
- triangles,
called triangulation networks. This
followed from the work of
Willebrord Snell in 1615–17, who
showed how a
point could be
located from the angles...
- the
otherworld land of Glæsisvellir.
According to Alcuin's Life of St.
Willebrord, the
saint visited an
island between Frisia and
Denmark that was sacred...
- and Etten-Leur,
south of the railway, but
without a train-station. Sint
Willebrord ('t Heike) (pop.: 9,320)
Sprundel (5,090)
Rucphen (4,580)
Zegge (2,210)...
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linguist and
mathematician at the
Universities of
Marburg and
Leiden Willebrord Snellius (1580-1626),
Dutch astronomer and mathematician, most famous...
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conducted by the
Dutch navy ship,
named HNMS
Willebrord Snell,
named after the
Dutch mathematician,
Willebrord Snell. The
expedition was led by Dr. P.M....
- with
improved calculations of the cir****ference of the Earth. In 1617,
Willebrord Snellius calculated a
degree of the cir****ference of the
Earth at 28,500...
- of
Leiden is
famous for its many
discoveries including Snell's law (by
Willebrord Snellius) and the
famous Leyden jar, a
capacitor made from a gl**** jar...
