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    Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was...
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  • surname include: Antonio Montanari, Italian violinist and composer Christian Montanari, Sammarinese racing car driver Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer...
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    Montanari is a lunar impact crater. It is located to the west-southwest of the prominent ray crater Tycho, and is attached to the southern rim of the...
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    designation Beta Persei, first had its variability recorded in 1667 by Geminiano Montanari. The mechanism for its being variable was first correctly explained...
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    Of small Glass Canes." Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Geminiano Montanari, Pensieri fisico-matematici sopra alcune esperienze fatte in Bologna...
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  • Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617) 1687 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and lens maker (b. 1633) 1694 – Samuel von Pufendorf...
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    variation in the intensity of Algol first being recorded in 1670 by Geminiano Montanari. The name Algol means "demon star" (from Arabic: الغول al-ghūl),...
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    prompted by the theologian Richard Bentley. The Italian astronomer Geminiano Montanari recorded observing variations in luminosity of the star Algol in...
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    working assumptions in stellar astronomy. The Italian astronomer Geminiano Montanari recorded observing variations in luminosity of the star Algol in...
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  • first description of his new invention, the reflecting telescope. Geminiano Montanari detects the variability of the eclipsing binary Algol. Jean Picard...
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