Philipp Carl
Philipp Carl | |
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| Born | Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl 19 June 1837 |
| Died | 24 January 1891 (aged 53) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes |
Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German physicist.
Biography[]
He was born at Neustadt, Middle Franconia. He studied the exact sciences in Munich as a pupil of Philipp von Jolly and Johann von Lamont (graduation 1860). He then worked as an assistant to Lamont, performing astronomical and geophysical research at the observatory (Universitäts-Sternwarte München). In 1865 he established, and for several years thereafter directed, a workshop for the manufacture of mathematical instruments. In 1869 he was named professor of physics at the Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes.[1][2]
Publications[]
He established also the Repertoriums der Experimentalphysik, der physikalischen Technik und der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde in 1865, which he edited until 1882.[2] His published works include:
- Die Principien der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde (1863).
- Repertorium der Kometenastronomie (1864).[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Jump up to: a b ADB:Carl, Philipp Franz Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 451 f.
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