• Nonius can refer to: Romans belonging to the Nonia gens Pedro Nunes (Latin: Petrus Nonius) (1502–1578), Portuguese astronomer and mathematician Nonius...
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    Nonius. The Nonius breed owes its name to its foundation sire, though since his male descendants share his name, he is called "Nonius Senior". Nonius...
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    Marcus Nonius Macrinus was a Roman senator and general during the reigns of the Emperors Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, and Marcus Aurelius. Macrinus was...
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    Vernier scale (redirect from Nonius (scale))
    the vernier scale is called a nonius after Portuguese mathematician and cosmographer Pedro Nunes (Latin Petrus Nonius, 1502–1578). In English, this term...
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    Nonius is a measuring tool used in navigation and astronomy named in honour of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (Latin: Petrus Nonius), a Portuguese author, mathematician...
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  • Nonius Atticus (floruit 383 – 397) was a politician of the Roman Empire. Nonius belonged to the senatorial aristocracy, and was a Christian, even if he...
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  • Latin literature from Plautus to Apuleius. Nonius may have come from Africa. Little is known about Nonius. The full title of his work, Noni Marcelli Peripatetici...
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    Nonius Asprenas in 36 BC. From then until the end of the fourth century, they regularly held the highest offices of the Roman state. The nomen Nonius...
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    has been damaged by multiple impacts, including the merged pair of Nonius K and Nonius L across the northern rim. The surviving outline is more hexagonal...
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  • Nonius Philippus was a governor of Britannia Inferior, a province of Roman Britain by AD 242. Little else is known of him as he is mentioned only on a...
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