Mathematician:Mercator

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Mercator may refer to:

Gerardus Mercator $($$\text {1512}$ – $\text {1594}$$)$

Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.

Best known for the $1569$ world map based on a new projection now referred to as Mercator's projection.
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Nicholas Mercator $($$\text {c. 1620}$ – $\text {1687}$$)$

German mathematician who designed a marine chronometer for Charles $\text {II}$ of England, and designed and constructed the fountains at the Palace of Versailles.

Known for the Newton-Mercator Series.
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