Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781-1864), astronomer
- Date:
- 1826-1855
- Reference:
- MS.7423/12-19
- Part of:
- Miscellany: Italian, 19th century
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
8 autograph letters, signed, including 3 to the French astronomer and politician Dominique François Arago (1786-1853) (nos.12-14), 1 of these mentioning the physicist and chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856) (no.12).
Publication/Creation
1826-1855
Physical description
8 items
Biographical note
Plana was a relative of the mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736-1813).
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts