Född 1746 12/6 i Uppsala, död före 1779 i dec., trol. i Lovisa.
Akademigravör. Underofficer. Son av ullkammaren Carl Ö. och Brita Menlös. Elev av Anders Åkerman i Uppsala från 1759. Volontär vid Fortifikationen 1771. Överflyttade 1773 till Åbo, där han var verksam som akademigravör till 1777. 'Graveuren wid kongl. academien härstädes Eric Österberg har till allmänhetens och i synnerhet scholornes tjänst, i koppar stuckit en swensk och latinsk föreskrift, jämwähl alphabeterne, som med wacker stil och accuratesse äro förfärdigade, och säljes i partie för 2 dal. 26 öre, men styckewis för 5 dal. K:mt...' (Tidningar utgifne af et sällskap i Åbo 1776 29/2). Ö. begav sig 1777 till Lovisa, där han tog tjänst som underofficer vid ett värvat regemente.
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S. DURAEUS, De visu, diss., resp. J. Södervall, Uppsala 1765: schematisk framställning av ögat jämte geometriska figurer, kpst. Ö. graverade ett flertal geometriska figurer för matematiska dissertationer vid Åbo akademi och Uppsala universitet under presidium, av bl.a. M. J. ALOPAEUS, Åbo 1764-74, O. S. WETTERQUIST, Uppsala 1765, S. DUILEUS, Uppsala 1766, H. H.
WALLENBERG, Uppsala 1766, samt för A. PLANMAN, Åbo 1776.
Karta över Bornholm, efter T. Cöhler, 1765.
A. ÅKERMAN, Atlas juvenilis. 1:a uppl., Uppsala 1768: 16 kolor, kartblad över Europa; 2:a uppl., u. o. [1774]: 20 kolor. kartblad över Europa.
C.F. GEORGII, De insula Sela, Sudermanniae, diss., resp. E. Humbla, Uppsala 1771: karta över Selö i Mälaren.
DENS., De paroecia Braenkyrka toerneae meridionalis in Sudermannia, diss., I, resp. J. W. Brannius, Uppsala 1769: tab. med kufiska mynt, etsn.
J. IHRE, De runarum in Suecia antiquitate, diss., resp. U. von Troil, Uppsala 1769: tab. med 3 runstenar och runalfabet, etsn.
H. G. PORTHAN, Narratio R. V. Pauli Juusten episcopi Aboénsis de legatione sua russica, diss., I, resp. G. W. Rydman, Åbo 1775: vapensköld, etsn.
J. LINDELL, Cantilenae selectiores, Åbo 1776: titelblad, titel och vignett med lekande skolpojkar, inom rik rokokoram, efter G. P. Nordberg, kpst., samt 15 text-och notsidor, kpst.
Nuremberg 1671.
An acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremburg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg. He visited astronomers in many countries, and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho and Riccioli; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB).
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Atlas novus Coelestis. Nuremberg: Homann’s Heirs, 1742.
First edition, folio (560 x 390mm), engraved allegorical additional titles (plain), title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved index listing 30 subjects and 30 double-page engraved celestial charts and diagrams, some incorporating miniature world maps or spandrel illustrations of astronomical observatories, in contemporary hand colour and wash.
Doppelmayr, an acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremberg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg.
It is not surprising that Dopplemayr collaborated with Germany’s leading map publisher Johann Baptist Homann on both the terrestrial and celestial maps included in this atlas. He visited astronomers in many countries and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccilio; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Bouliaeu, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB IV, p. 166).
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PIJNACKER [PYNACKER], CORNELIUS.
1570-1645.
Dutch cartographer.
Bland arbeten.
Drent 1634, used by Hondius & Blaeu.
Tooley.
Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
Småsärv, Zannichellia repens - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
Frisius, Gemma. [Reinerszoon, Jemme.]
Biografiska uppgifter:9 december 1508 - 25 maj 1555.
Gemma Frisius was a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.
Frisius was born in Dokkum, Friesland (present-day Netherlands) of poor parents, who died when he was young. He moved to Groningen and studied at the University in Leuven beginning in 1525. He received the degree of MD in 1536 and remained on the faculty of medicine in Leuven for the rest of his life. His oldest son, Cornelius Gemma, edited a posthumous volume of his work and continued to work with Ptolemaic astrological models.
While still a student, Frisius set up a workshop to produce globes and mathematical instruments. He became noted for the quality and accuracy of his instruments, which were praised by Tycho Brahe, among others. In 1533, he described for the first time the method of triangulation still used today in surveying. Twenty years later, he was the first to describe how an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude. Jean-Baptiste Morin (1583–1656) did not believe that Frisius' method for calculating longitude would work, remarking, 'I do not know if the Devil will succeed in making a longitude timekeeper but it is folly for man to try.'
Frisius created or improved many instruments, including the cross-staff, the astrolabe and the astronomical rings. His students included Gerardus Mercator (who became his collaborator), Johannes Stadius, John Dee, Andreas Vesalius and Rembert Dodoens.
A lunar crater has been named after him.
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(Cosmographia (1529) von Petrus Apianus, annotated by Gemma Frisius)
De principiis astronomiae et cosmographiae (1530)
De usu globi (1530)
Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione (1533)
Arithmeticae practicae methodus facilis (1540)
De annuli astronomici usu (1540)
De radio astronomico et geometrico (1545)
De astrolabio catholico (1556)
