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Teacher, inventor
Rainer Jemme, better known as Rainer Gemma Frisius was a dutch astronomer and cartographer. He designed measunring instruments and published manuals for astronomical instruments. He described for the first time the method of triangulation, still used today in architectonical and topoghraphical surveying.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, theory, teacher, inventor, treatizer, measuring instruments
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variant spelling:
Jemme (Gemma Frisius), Rainer
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Curriculum vitae
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* 06.12.1508
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Dongradeel, Friesland
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born
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1525 - 1535
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Leuven
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He studied at the University of Leuven
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1533
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He described for the first time the method of triangulation
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1536
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Degree of Medecine
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1537
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Leuven
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He became professor at University of Leuven
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† 25.05.1555
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Leuven
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died
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1556
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his “De astrolabo catholico…” is published
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1557
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His “De radio astronomico…” is published
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