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Adrien Auzout (
January 28,
1622–
May 23,
1691) was a
French astronomer.
He was born in
Rouen,
France, the son of a clerk in the court of Rouen. His educational background is unknown. In
1664–
1665 he made observations of
comets, and argued in favor of their following
elliptical or
parabolic orbits. (In this he was opposed by his rival
Johannes Hevelius.) Adrien was briefly a member of the
Académie Royale des Sciences from
1666 to
1668, and a founding member of the French Royal Obseratory. (He may have left the academy due to a dispute.) He then left for
Italy and spent the next 20 years in that region, finally dying in
Rome in
1691. Little is known about his activities during this last period.
Auzout made contributions in
telescope observations, including perfecting the use of the
micrometer. In
1647 he performed an experiment that demonstrated the role of air pressure in function of the
mercury barometer. He is noted for briefly considering the construction of a huge telescope 1,000 feet in length that he'd use to observe
animals on the
Moon. In 1667–68, Arien and
Jean Picard attached a telescopic sight to a 38-inch
quadrant, and used it to accurately determine positions on the
Earth.
The
Auzout crater on the
Moon is named for him.
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