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See also:AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1786-1863) , See also:Italian astronomer and microscopist, was See also:born on the 25th of See also:March 1786 at See also:Modena. After studying at See also:Bologna, he became See also:professor of See also:mathematics at Modena, and in 1831 was appointed inspector-See also:general of studies in the duchy. A few years later he was chosen director of the' See also:observatory at See also:Florence, where he also lectured at the museum of natural See also:history. He died at Florence on the loth of See also: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 See also:microscope. He was also a diligent and skilful observer, and busied himself not only with astronomical subjects, such as the See also:double stars, the satellites of See also:Jupiter and the measurement of the polar and See also:equatorial diameters of the See also:sun, but also with biological studies of the circulation of the See also:sap in See also:plants, the fructification of plants, See also:infusoria, &c.
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