Amici portrayed in Paris in 1855 by J. Duboscq. Lithography by R. Hoffmann for the Gallerie ausgezeichneter Naturforscher of G. A. Lenoir

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A Biography of Giovanni Battista Amici

1786-1825
His studies, his teaching, his workshop

1809-1814
Reflecting telescope and micrometer

1817-1823
Catadioptric microscope, first observations on the Chara and discovery of the pollen tube

1817-1823
His trip to Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples
The camera lucida
Giovanni Battista Amici and Franz Xaver von Zach

1824-1827
The achromatic microscope and his first trip to Paris and London: Paris
His first trip to Paris and London: London

1831-1839
From Modena to Florence
The hemispherical front lens
The Meetings of the Italian Scientists

1840-1845
Refractor telescopes for Florence
Giovanni Battista Amici and William Henry Fox Talbot
On fertilization in plants

1844-1846
Second trip to Paris and London. Berlin
On the fertilization of Orchids

1847-1863
The immersion object-glass
The Exposition universelle in Paris in 1855
Direct vision prism