Giovanni Battista Amici (March 25, 1786 - April 10, 1863) was an Italian astronomer and microscopist. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are
Amici was born in Modena, Italy. Modena (ˈmɔːdena Mòdna in Modenese dialect is a city and a Comune ( Municipality) on the south side of the Po valley, in the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest After studying at Bologna, he became professor of mathematics at Modena, and in 1831 was appointed inspector-general of studies in the duchy. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. A few years later he was chosen director of the observatory at Florence, where he also lectured at the museum of natural history. An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Amici died in Florence in April of 1863.
His name is best known for the improvements he effected in the mirrors of reflecting telescopes and especially in the construction of the microscope. A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is an Optical telescope which uses a single or combination of Curved mirrors that reflect Light He was also a diligent and skillful observer, and busied himself not only with astronomical subjects, such as the double stars, the satellites of Jupiter and the measurement of the polar and equatorial diameters of the sun, but also with biological studies of the circulation of the sap in plants, the fructification of plants, infusoria etc. Double Star is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction A natural satellite or moon is a Celestial body that Orbits a Planet or smaller body which is called the primary. A geographical pole, or geographic pole, is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or Planet, at 90 degrees from the Equator, based The equator (sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Line") is the intersection of the Earth 's surface with the plane perpendicular to the Geometry, a diameter of a Circle is any straight Line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose Endpoints are on the The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Infusoria is a collective term for minute aquatic creatures like Ciliates euglenoids, Protozoa, and unicellular Algae that exist in freshwater He invented the dipleidoscope
The Amici crater on the Moon was named in his honour. A dipleidoscope is an instrument used to determine true Noon. Amici is a lunar Impact crater that is located on the rugged far side of the Moon.
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
Further reading
- Ronchi, Vasco (1970). "Amici, Giovan Battista". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 135-137. ISBN 0684101149. (Note: this source gives Amici's date of death as 1868).
External links
- Weisstein, Eric W. , Amici, Giovanni (1786-1863) at ScienceWorld. ScienceWorld, also known as Eric Weisstein's World of Science, is a Web site that opened to the general public in January 2002.
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