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Marinoni, Johann Jakob
© Copyright Johann Jakob Marinoni, engraving by F. Landerer 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 Mölkerbastei he built the first observatory in Vienna; also improved several astronomical instruments. Publications: Astronomica, 1745; Ichnographia, 1751; Ichnometria, 1779. Literature: NDB.
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