Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706–1776) was an Italian astronomer and physician. He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano.[1][2]
The lunar crater Asclepi is named after him.
Works
edit- Nuova proprietà delle potenze de 'numeri
- Tentamen novae de odoribus theorie, Siena, 1749.
- Lettera sopra l'oriuolo ultramontano (in Italian). Siena. 1750 – via Bonetti.
- 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 nova et facili methodo elevandi Mercurium in tubis ad altitudinem consuetam maiorem (in Latin). Rome. 1767 – via Giovanni Generoso Salomoni.
- De cometarum motu exercitatio astronomica habita in collegio Romano patribus Societatis Jesu.Prid.Non.Septem, Rome, 1769.
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De nova et facili methodo elevandi Mercurium in tubis ad altitudinem consuetam maiorem, 1767
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Udias, Agustin (2003-10-31). Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History of Jesuit Observatories. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4020-1189-4.
- ^ Udías, Agustín (2014-09-27). Jesuit Contribution to Science: A History. Springer. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-319-08365-0.
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