Ritratto fatto in occasione della terza riunione degli scienziati italiani tenutasi a Firenze nel 1841.

Autore: AMICI, Giovanni Battista (1786-1863)

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A LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT OF G.B. AMICI AT THE AGE OF 55
Portrait made on the occasion of the third meeting of the Italian scientists, held in Florence in 1841. Lithograph (mm 395x300) by O. Muzzi based on a drawing taken from life by C.E. Liverati. Very well preserved in a modern wooden frame.
Giovanni Battista Amici was the foremost Italian optical scientific instrument maker of the nineteenth century. He made particularly important contributions in the field of microscopic optics, including improvements to the modern compound catadioptric and achromatic microscope. His name is also associated with the construction of reflecting and refracting telescopes, terrestrial telescopes, micrometers, reflecting sectors and circles, repeating circles, a transit instrument, levels, sundials, prisms and camera lucida. He performed astronomical and naturalistic observations to verify the quality of his instruments, in some cases resulting in groundbreaking discoveries. In 1846 he described the entire fertilisation process for Phanerogamous plants (Angiosperms) observed in several types of Orchids (see http://gbamici.sns.it/eng/home.html).

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