GIOVANNI BATTISTA See also:

• GIOVANNI BATTISTA DONATI (1826-1873 )

DONATI (1826-1873 )  , ' See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa on the 16th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1826 . He entered the See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory of See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence as a student in 1852, became assistant to G . B . See also:

• AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1786-1863)

Amici in 1854, and was appointed in 1864 to succeed him as director . A new observatory at Arcetri near Florence, built under his supervision, was completed in 1872 . During the ten years 1854-1864 See also:

• DONATI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1826-1873 )

Donati discovered six comets, one of which, first seen on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1858, bears his name (see See also:

• COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

COMET) . He observed the See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of the 18th of See also:

• JULY

July 186o, at Torreblanca in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year began experiments in stellar See also:

• SPECTROSCOPY (from Lat. spectrum, an appearance, and Gr. a-sore y, to see)

spectroscopy . In 1862 he published a memoir, Intorno alle strie degli spettri stellari, which indicated the feasibility of a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification of the stars; and on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1864 discovered the gaseous See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of comets by submitting to prismatic See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis the See also:

• LIGHT

light of one then visible . An investigation of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

aurora of the 4th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1872 led him to refer such phenomena to a distinct See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, designated by him " cosmical See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology "; but he was not destined to prosecute the subject . Attending the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Meteorological See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress of August 1873 at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• ILL

ill of See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera, and died a few See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours after his arrival at Arcetri, on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1873 . See Vierteljahrsschrift der astr . Gesellschaft (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig), ix .

4; . Monthly Notices See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Astr . Society, xxxiv . 153; Memorie degli spettroscopisti italiani. ii . 125 (G . Cacciatore); Nature, viii . 556; &c . (A . M .