# Philipp Carl

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{{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](/source/Neustadt_an_der_Aisch), [Kingdom of Bavaria](/source/Kingdom_of_Bavaria)
| birth_name        = Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl
| fields            = Physics
| workplaces        = Royal Bavarian Military Training Institutes
| alma_mater        = [Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München](/source/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit%C3%A4t_M%C3%BCnchen)
| doctoral_advisor  = [Philipp von Jolly](/source/Philipp_von_Jolly)<br>[Johann von Lamont](/source/Johann_von_Lamont)
}}
'''Philipp Franz Heinrich Carl''' (19 June 1837 – 24 January 1891) was a German [physicist](/source/physicist).

He was born at [Neustadt](/source/Neustadt_an_der_Aisch), [Middle Franconia](/source/Middle_Franconia). He studied the [exact sciences](/source/exact_sciences) at the [Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München](/source/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit%C3%A4t_M%C3%BCnchen) as a doctorate student of [Philipp von Jolly](/source/Philipp_von_Jolly) and [Johann von Lamont](/source/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](/source/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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