{{short description|German physicist (1837-1891)}} {{Infobox scientist | birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|06|19|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1891|01|24|1837|06|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Neustadt an der Aisch, Kingdom of Bavaria | birth_name = Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl | fields = Physics | workplaces = Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes | alma_mater = Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | doctoral_advisor = Philipp von Jolly<br>Johann von Lamont }} '''Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl''' (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German physicist.

He was born at Neustadt, Middle Franconia. He studied the exact sciences at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München as a doctorate student of Philipp von Jolly and Johann von Lamont (graduation 1860).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philipp Carl - The Mathematics Genealogy Project |url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=181745 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu}}</ref> He then worked as an assistant to Lamont, performing astronomical and geophysical research at the observatory (Universitäts-Sternwarte München). In 1865, he established, and for several years thereafter directed, a workshop for the manufacture of mathematical instruments. In 1869, he was named professor of physics at the Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes.<ref name=EB>{{NIE|wstitle=Carl, Philipp|year=1905}}</ref><ref name=DB>[https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Carl,_Philipp_Franz_Heinrich ADB:Carl, Philipp Franz Heinrich] In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 451 f.</ref>

==Publications== He established also the ''Repertoriums der Experimentalphysik, der physikalischen Technik und der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde'' in 1865, which he edited until 1882.<ref name=DB/> His published works include:

* ''Die Principien der astronomischen Instrumentenkunde'' (1863). * ''Repertorium der Kometenastronomie'' (1864).<ref name=EB/>

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