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Levinus Hulsius (1550 – 1606) was a maker and dealer of fine scientific instruments; publisher and printer;

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and

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...

; wrote extensively on the construction of geometrical instruments. Although he was born in

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...

he lived and worked in the

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and Germany. Hulsius - Tractatus instrumentorum mechanicorum, 1605 - 157646

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* * * *''Mathematics from the birth of numbers'',

Jan Gullberg Jan Gullberg (1936 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish surgeon and anaesthesiologist, but became known as a writer on popular science and medical topics. He is best known outside Sweden as the author of ''Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers'', publis ...

, W. W. Norton & Company; 1st ed edition (October 1997), 1093 pages *Ralf Kern: "Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in Ihrer Zeit". Band 2: "Vom Compendium zum Einzelinstrument". Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König 2010, Belgian science writers Scientists from Ghent 1546 births 1606 deaths 16th-century printers 17th-century printers 16th-century writers 17th-century writers Businesspeople from Ghent {{Belgium-writer-stub