biography
| name: |
Amici, Giovanni Battista
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pronunciation:
[ameechee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1786–1868)
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| biography:
| Optician, astronomer, and natural philosopher, born in Modena, N Italy. He constructed optical instruments, perfecting his own alloy for telescope mirrors, and in 1827 produced the dioptric, achromatic microscope that bears his name. He became director of the Florence observatory in 1835. |
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