Adrien Auzout

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Adrien Auzout [pronounced in French somewhat like o-zoo] (28 January 1622 – 23 May 1691) was a French astronomer.

He was born in

He was described as a good optician and maker of telescopes. He is also said to have had poor health through much of his life.[4]

Auzout made contributions in telescope observations, including perfecting the use of the micrometer. He made many observations with large aerial telescopes and he is noted for briefly considering the construction of a huge aerial telescope 1,000 feet in length that he would use to observe animals on the Moon. In 1647 he performed an experiment that demonstrated the role of air pressure in function of the mercury barometer. In 1667–68, Auzout and Jean Picard attached a telescopic sight to a 38-inch quadrant, and used it to accurately determine positions on the Earth.

Works

• Auzout, Adrien (1665). Lettre à monsieur l'Abbé Charles, sur le Ragguaglio di due nuove osservationi, etc. da Giuseppe Campani (in French). Jean Cusson.

• Auzout, Adrien (1735). Lettres sur les grandes lunettes (in French). Pieter Mortier.

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