About Giuseppe Asclepi
Lived 1706 – 1776 (aged 70). Giuseppe Asclepi was an astronomer and physicist.
Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706–1776) was an Italian astronomer and physician. He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano.
The lunar crater Asclepi is named after him.
Works
Nuova proprietà delle potenze de 'numeri Tentamen novae de odoribus theorie, Siena, 1749.
De veneris per solem transitu exercitatio astronomica habita in Collegio Romano, Rome, 1761. De motum gravium rectilineo, Rome, 1762-1763. De objectivi micrometri usu in planetarum diametris metiendis. Exercitatio optico-astronomica habita in Collegio Romano a Patribus Societatis Jesu, Rome, 1765.
De cometarum motu exercitatio astronomica habita in collegio Romano patribus Societatis Jesu.Prid.Non.Septem, Rome, 1769.
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Who was Giuseppe Asclepi?
Italian astronomer and physician
When was Giuseppe Asclepi born?
Giuseppe Asclepi was born on 21 April 1706 in Macerata.
When did Giuseppe Asclepi die?
Giuseppe Asclepi died on 21 July 1776 in Rome.
What was Giuseppe Asclepi's occupation?
Giuseppe Asclepi was an astronomer and physicist.
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