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Levinus Hulsius

Belgian science writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ1821925 ↗
Source-derived summary

Levinus Hulsius (1550 – 13 March 1606) was a Flemish maker and dealer of fine scientific instruments, as well as a publisher, printer, linguist, lexicographer, notary, and writer. He wrote extensively on the construction of geometrical instruments. Although he was born in Flanders, he lived and worked in the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire.

Works

Tractatus instrumentorum mechanicorum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter. 1605.

Tractatus instrumentorum mechanicorum (in Latin). Vol.

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The public source identifies “Levinus Hulsius” as belgian science writer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Levinus, Hulsius and Belgian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1550, 1606, 1605—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1546-01-01, 1550-01-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Levinus, Hulsius and Belgian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1821925. VIAF identifies the subject as 197356837. The Library of Congress control number is no99039378. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1550, 1606 and 1605.

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This entry incorporates text from “Levinus Hulsius” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.