Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop

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Dirk Rembrantsz. van Nierop

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (* 1610 in Niedorp ; † November 4, 1682 ibid) was a Dutch cartographer , astronomer , mathematician and surveyor of the 17th century .

Life

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop wrote more than thirty scientific books. The Nieuw Dubbelt Nierper Graed-boeck was published nine times by 1683. The Nieropper Almanacs appeared annually from 1655 to 1683. Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop edited one of the journals of the explorer Abel Tasman . He was also one of the navigation equipment specialists for the Dutch East India Company .

He also developed many sundials . As a teacher, he had many helmsmen and captains. His students include:

  • Jan Albertsz van Dam (Teacher of Tsar Peter the Great ) (Hoorn, 1717)
  • Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop , author of many books, such as Almanach (Nieuwe Niedorp 1640 - Hoorn 1708), his nephew
  • Cornelis Pietersz Neuvel, born in Niedorp, from 1682 bookkeeper at the building yard and teacher of helmsman's art in Emden
  • Peter Maassen Smit, teacher of helmsman's art in Blokzijl around 1680 .

He maintained friendly or business contacts with Christiaan Huygens , Nicolaas Witsen , Gerrit van Goedesbergh and René Descartes and maintained an extensive scientific correspondence, among others with Frans van Schooten , the scholar and statesman Nicolaas Witsen, the Gdańsk astronomer Hevelius of Hevel and Christiaan Huygens. His nephew Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop published part of his correspondence from 1653 to 1682. Among them is a letter from Bagge Wandel from Arendal in Norway, who asks him to calculate the position of the moon for 1665 and offered him three fathoms of firewood.

As a cartographer he worked with the explorer Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh . The Europes Paskaart , a nautical chart from 1658, bears his name.

He lived all his life in his place of birth, Niedorp ( West Frisian name Nierop). Apparently he was originally a shoemaker, but that can also refer to his brother.

Works

  • Nederduytsche Astronomia . 1653
  • Verklaringhe over de loop des Hemels , 1658
  • Mathematical calculatie , 1659 (2nd edition)
  • Wiskonstige Musyka , 1659
  • Nieuw Dubbelt Graed-Boeck , 1660 (14 editions of the book appeared, including 9 during Nierop's lifetime)
  • Libro delos Grados , 1668
  • Onderwijs der Zee-vaert 1670, Göttingen Digitization Center
  • Eenige Oefeningen in Godlijcke Wiskonstige dingen , 1674
  • Nieropper Schatkamer 1676
  • Des Aertryck's Moving en de Sonne-stilstand , 1661

He also issued nautical charts with Willem de Vlaming.

Works (co-author)

  • Friesche Sterrekunst , 1652
  • Kort onderwijs The Horologies , 1665
  • Rekeningh om te Waecken , 1674
  • with Nicolaas Witsen Noord en Oost Tartaryen , 1702, Göttingen Digitization Center
  • First Beginzelen van de Arithmetica of Rekenkunst voor Amsterdamse schoolen , 1801

Almanacs

  • Almanac Ten Years 1651 Yale University, New Haven Connecticut (USA)
  • Zaagmans almanach , 1673 Zeeuwse Libraries Middelburg Zeeland Netherlands
  • Nieropper almanac , 1674 Maritime Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
  • Almanac written in spanish , Brown University, Providence Rhode Island USA
  • Almanac eight years , 1681 University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Almanac eight years , 1687 Leiden University
  • Almanac eight years , 1690 Leiden University of Technology, The Netherlands

Letters

  • Christiaan Huygens, The Hague April 27, 1660, University of Amsterdam Netherlands (mathematics)
  • Nicolaas Witsen, Amsterdam January 9, 1682, University of Amsterdam Netherlands (cartography)
  • Hendrik Lanschot, Middelburg August 15, 1982, University of Amsterdam Netherlands (astronomy)

Exhibitions

  • Tijdgebonden Almanakken en Kalenders Koninklijke Bibliotheek The Hague Netherlands 2000
  • Abel Tasman / DR van Nierop Sydney Australia 2006
  • Johan Hevelius / DR van Nierop Nederlands Uurwerkmuseum Zaandam Netherlands 2007
  • Het vinden der Lengtegraad Oost en West Nederlands Uurwerkmuseum Zaandem Netherlands 2008
  • Almanakken en oude prenten Regionaal Archief Alkmaar 2009

literature

  • Biographical-literary concise dictionary of history JC Poggendorff , Leipzig 1863
  • Lauts in Tindal, Swarts Verhandelingen en Berierter betrekkelijk het Zeewezen en de Zeevaartkunde , 1843
  • Rijks Marlise: The Correspondence of Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop . March 2012

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