About Carlo Brioschi
Lived 1782 – 1833 (aged 50). Carlo Brioschi was an Italian astronomer, engineer, architect, surveyor and university teacher.
Carlo, Maria Rocco Francesco Saverio Brioschi (15 August 1782 in Milan – 29 January 1833 in Naples) was an Italian astronomer and geodesist, professor of astronomy at the University of Naples and director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte. On the evening of 17 December 1819, he made the first astronomical observation from the new Capodimonte Observatory by measuring the zenith distance of α Cassiopeiae with the Reichenbach multiplier (or repeater) circle housed in the east dome. In 1824 he published the first and only volume of his stellar catalog: Comentarj astronomici della Specola reale di Napoli.
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Who was Carlo Brioschi?
Italian astronomer (1781-1833)
When was Carlo Brioschi born?
Carlo Brioschi was born on 15 August 1782 in Milan.
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Carlo Brioschi died on 29 January 1833 in Naples.
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Carlo Brioschi was an astronomer, engineer, architect, surveyor and university teacher.
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Carlo Brioschi was Italian.
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