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AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1786-1863)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 854 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ALM-ANC
AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1786-1863) , Italian astronomer and microscopist, was born on the 25th of
March
  1786 at
Modena
 . After studying at Bologna, he became professor of
mathematics
  at
Modena
 , and in 1831 was appointed inspector-general of studies in the duchy. A few years later he was chosen director of the'
observatory
  at Florence, where he also lectured at the museum of natural history. He died at Florence on the loth of
April
  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. He was also a diligent and skilful 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
 , &c.


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