Philipp Carl

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, and spent several years in astrophysical researches at the observatory of that city. In 1865 he established, and for several years thereafter directed, a workshop for the manufacture of mathematical instruments.

Publications

He established also the Repertorium für Experimentalphysik in 1865, which he edited until 1882. His published works include:

• Die Principien der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde (1863)
• Repertorium der Kometenastronomie (1864)

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Carl, Philipp". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.