[Roman figures refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles.]
Machin (?–1751), x. 214
Maclaurin (1698–1746), x. 196; xi. 230, 231; xii. 251
Maestlin, vii. 135
Maraldi, x. 220
Marius (1570–1624), vi. 118; vii. 145
Martianus Capella. See Capella
Maskelyne (1732–1811), x. 219; xii. 254, 265
Mason (1730–1787), x. 226; xi. 241
Matthias (the Emperor), vii. 143, 147
Maupertuis (1698–1759), x. 213, 221; xi. 229, 231
Maxwell (1831–1879), xiii. 297
Mayer, Tobias (1723–1762), x. 217, 225, 226; xi. 233, 241; xii. 265
Melanchthon, iv. 73, 74; v. 93
Messier (1730–1817), xii. 259, 260
Meton (460 B.C. ?–?), ii. 20
Michel Angelo, vi. 113
Michell, John (1724–1793), x. 219; xii. 263, 264
Michelson, xiii. 283
Molyneux (1689–1728), x. 207
Montanari (1632–1687), xii. 266
Müller. See Regiomontanus
Napier, v. 97 n
Napoleon, Lucien, xi. 238 n
Nassir Eddin. See Eddin, Nassir
Newcomb, x. 227 n; xiii. 283, 286, 290
Newton (1643–1727), ii. 54; iv. 75; vi. 130, 133, 134; vii. 144, 150; viii. 152; IX. passim; x. 196–200, 211, 213, 215–217, 219, 221; xi. 228, 229, 231–235, 238, 249; xii. 257; xiii. 273, 299
Niccolini, vi. 132
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), iv. 75
Nonius (1492–1577), iii. 69
Norwood (1590?–1675), viii. 159; ix. 173
Numa, ii. 21
Nunez. See Nonius
Nyrén, xiii. 283 n
Olbers (1758–1840), xiii. 294
Orange, Prince of, v. 107
Palisa, xiii. 294
Palitzsch (1723–1788), xi. 231
Pemberton, ix. 192
Philolaus (5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24; iv. 75
Piazzi (1746–1826), xiii. 294
Picard (1620–1682), viii. 155, 157, 159–161, 162; ix. 174; x. 196, 198, 221
Plana (1781–1869), xiii. 286
Plato (428 B.C.?–347 B.C.?), ii. 24, 25, 26, 51; iv. 70
Plato of Tivoh (fl. 1116), iii. 66
Pliny (23 A.D.–79 A.D.), ii. 45
Pogson (1829–1891), xiii. 316
Poincaré, xiii. 288
Poisson (1781–1840), xiii. 286, 293
Pontécoulant (1795–1874), xiii. 286
Porta, vi. 118