Marinoni, Johann Jakob#
b. Udine (Italy), 1676, d. Vienna, Jan. 10, 1775, astronomer and Court mathematician. Designed the Linienwall as a fortification for the Viennese suburbs as shown in his Vienna Plan of 1706. 1719 to 1729 in Milan, he carried out the first cadastral measurements in Europe. In a private residence on the Moelkerbastei he built the first observatory in Vienna; also improved several astronomical instruments.
Publications#
Astronomica, 1745; Ichnographia, 1751; Ichnometria, 1779.Literature#
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