Johann Hommel, also written Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius or Hummel, was a German astronomer and mathematician, born in Memmingen on 2 February 1518 and dead in Leipzig on 4 July 1562. He was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551. He introduced a zigzag line system for the graduations of instruments, from which Tycho Brahe obtained the system, and a variant of it, transversal dot lines, was introduced in 1552 or 1553 by Richard Cantzlar. The lunar crater Hommel is named after him.
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Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518 in Memmingen – 4 July 1562 in Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician. == Work == Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
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Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518 in Memmingen, 4 July 1562 in Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician. == Work == Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
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Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518 in Memmingen, 4 July 1562 in Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician. == Work == Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
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The lunar crater Hommel is named after him. == Sources == Johann Daniel Schulze, Abriß einer Geschichte der Leipziger Universität, Hinrichs, 1810, p. 48.
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Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518 in Memmingen, 4 July 1562 in Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician. == Work == Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
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