When1: 1621
Who: Willebrord Snell [Snell, Willebrord]
What: physicist
Where: Leyden, Netherlands
works\ Eratosthenes Batavus [1617: on triangulation of Earth. Eratosthenes measured Earth diameter. Batavus is last name of Orange dynasty of Holland and is region around Leyden.]; Tiphys Batavus [1621: on navigation. Tiphys was pilot of the Argo]
Detail: He lived 1580 to 1626, first discussed loxodrome paths on sphere that make constant angles with meridians, and invented Snell's law [1621].
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