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'''Nicholas Mercator''' was a German mathematician and music theorist. He is known largely for his far-reaching mathematical achievements outside the world of musical tuning, but he played a very large role in the ‘prehistory’ of [[regular temperament]] theory, laying many of its foundational concepts.

He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the ~~concept~~ of [[53edo]]. He discovered [[Mercator's comma]], a comma which later resulted in the [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the [[Holdrian comma]].

He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the concepts of [[53edo]] and [[55edo]]. He discovered [[Holdrian comma#Mercator's comma, Mercator’s old comma, and the Holdrian comma|Mercator’s old comma]], related to 55edo, as well as the modern [[Mercator's comma]], a comma which later resulted in the important [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the [[Holdrian comma]].

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 '''Nicholas Mercator''' was a German mathematician and music theorist. He is known largely for his far-reaching mathematical achievements outside the world of musical tuning, but he played a very large role in the ‘prehistory’ of [[regular temperament]] theory, laying many of its foundational concepts.
-He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the concept of [[53edo]]. He discovered [[Mercator's comma]], a comma which later resulted in the [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the [[Holdrian comma]].
+He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the concepts of [[53edo]] and [[55edo]]. He discovered [[Holdrian comma#Mercator's comma, Mercator’s old comma, and the Holdrian comma|Mercator’s old comma]], related to 55edo, as well as the modern [[Mercator's comma]], a comma which later resulted in the important [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the [[Holdrian comma]].
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