Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

. He was born at Neustadt,

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. He studied the

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at the

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as a doctorate student of

Philipp von Jolly Johann Philipp Gustav von Jolly (26 September 1809 – 24 December 1884) was a German experimental physicist. He measured gravitational acceleration with precision weights and also worked on osmosis. He also designed several tools like the Jolly ...

and

Johann von Lamont Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1805 – 6 August 1879), born John Lamont, was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. Biography Lamont was born at Corriemulzie near Inverey in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The son of Robert Lamont (fore ...

(graduation 1860). 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.ADB:Carl, Philipp Franz Heinrich
In:

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(ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 451 f.

Publications

He established also the ''Repertoriums der Experimentalphysik, der physikalischen Technik und der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde'' in 1865, which he edited until 1882. His published works include: * ''Die Principien der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde'' (1863). * ''Repertorium der Kometenastronomie'' (1864).

References

1837 births 1891 deaths 19th-century German physicists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni People from Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim {{Germany-scientist-stub