Francesco Carlini

Francesco Carlini, 1842

Francesco Carlini (born January 7, 1783 in Milan , † August 29, 1862 ibid) was an Italian astronomer and geodesist .

Carlini became director of the Brera observatory in Milan in 1832 . He became known to a wide range of contemporary experts through his solar tablets , which he published under the title Nuove tavole de moti apparenti del sole in 1832. As early as 1810 he had published Esposizione di un nuovo metodo di construire le taole astronomiche applicato alle tavole del sole .

Together with Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864) he took part in the Austrian - Italian degree measurement . On this occasion he also determined the specific weight of the earth . To do this, he used regional fluctuations in the gravitational field south of the Alps .

Since 1826 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences , since 1837 of the Académie des Sciences and since 1851 a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

The lunar crater Carlini is named after him.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Carlini, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 284 f. ( Digitized version ).
Carlini Francesco. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 137.

Web links

F. Carlini publications in the Astrophysics Data System

Individual evidence

^ Members of the previous academies. Francesco Carlini. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 5, 2015 .

^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 25, 2019 (French).

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 56.

personal data
SURNAME	Carlini, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian astronomer and geodesist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1862
Place of death	Milan

[1] Members of the previous academies. Francesco Carlini. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 5, 2015 .

[2] List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 25, 2019 (French).

[3] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 56.