Philipp Carl

Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German physicist.

Philipp Carl
Born
Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl

(1837-06-19)19 June 1837
Neustadt an der Aisch, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died24 January 1891(1891-01-24) (aged 53)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsRoyal Bavarian Military Training Institutes

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
  1. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Carl, Philipp" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  2. ADB:Carl, Philipp Franz Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 451 f.


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