422 



Index of Names 



[Roman figured refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles.'] 



Lubbock (1803-1865), XHI. 286, 



292 

 Luther, iv. 73 ; v. 93 



Machin (7-1751), x. 214 

 Maclaurin (1698-1746), x. 196 ; 



xi. 230, 231 ; xii. 251 

 Maestlin, vn. 135 

 Maraldi, x. 220 

 Marius (1570-1624), vi. 118; 



vii. 145 

 Martianus Capella. See 



Capella 

 Maskelyne(i732-i8ii),x. 219; 



xii. 254, 265 

 Mason (1730-1787), x. 226; 



xi. 241 

 Matthias (the Emperor), vii. 



143. 147 

 Maupertuis (1698-1759), x. 213, 



221 ; xi. 229, 231 

 Maxwell (1831-1879), xm. 297 

 Mayer, Tobias (1723-1762), x. 



217, 225, 226 ; xi. 233, 241 ; 



xn. 265 



Melanchthon, iv. 73, 74 ; v. 93 

 Messier (1730-1817), xii. 259, 



260 



Meton (460 B.C. ?-?), II. 20 

 Michel Angelo, vi. 113 

 Michell, John (1724-1793), x. 



219; xii. 263, 264 

 Michelson, xm. 283 

 Molyneux (1689-1728), x. 207 

 Montanari (1632-1687), xii. 266 

 Muller. See Regiomontanus 



Napier, v. 97 n 

 Napoleon I., xi. 238 ; xii. 256 

 Napoleon, Lucien, xi. 238 n 

 Nassir Eddin. See Eddin, 



Nassir 

 Newcomb, x. 227 n ; xm. 283,* 



286,2 9 o 



Newton (1643-1727), n. 54; 



iv v 75; vi. 130, 133, 134; 



vn. 144, 150; vin. 152; IX. 



passim ; x. 196-200, 211, 



213, 215-217, 219, 221 ; xi. 



228, 229, 231-235, 238, 249; 



xn. 257 ; xm. 273, 299 

 Niccolini, vi. 132- 

 Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), 



iv. 75 



Nonius (1492-1577), in. 69 

 Norwood (15907-1675), VIH. 



159; ix. 173 

 Numa, ii. 21 

 Nunez. See Nonius 

 Nyre'n, xm. 283 n 



Olbers (1758-1840), xm. 294 

 Orange, Prince of, v. 107 

 Osiander, iv. 74 ; v. 93 



Palisa, xm. 294 



Palitzsch (1723-1788), xi. 231 



Pemberton, ix. 192 



Philolaus (5th cent. B.C.), n. 



24; iv. 75 



Piazzi (1746-1826), xm. 294 

 Picard (1620-1682), vm. 155, 



157, 159-161, 162; ix. 174; 



X. 196, 198, 221 



Pickering, xm. 314, 316 

 Plana (1781-1869), xm. 286 

 Plato (428 B.c.?-347 B.C.?), n. 



24, 25, 26, 51 ; iv. 70 

 Plato of Tivoli (fi. 1116), in. 



66 



Pliny (23 A.D.-79 A.D.), n. 45 

 Plutarch, n. 24 ; xm. 301 

 Pogson (1829-1891), xm. 316 

 Poincare, xm. 288 

 Poisson (1781-1840), xm. 286, 



2 93 

 Pontcoulant (1795-1874), xm. 



286 

 Porta, vi. 118 



