Philipp Carl
German physicist (1837-1891)
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Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German physicist.
19 June 1837
Philipp Carl | |
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| Born | Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl 19 June 1837 |
| Died | 24 January 1891 (aged 53) |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes |
| Doctoral advisor | Philipp von Jolly Johann von Lamont |
He was born at Neustadt, Middle Franconia. He studied the exact sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as a doctorate student of Philipp von Jolly and Johann von Lamont (graduation 1860).[1] 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.[2][3]
Publications
He established also the Repertoriums der Experimentalphysik, der physikalischen Technik und der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde in 1865, which he edited until 1882.[3] His published works include:
- Die Principien der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde (1863).
- Repertorium der Kometenastronomie (1864).[2]
