Physicist
Gabriel Lippmann
Colour photography by interference, decades before anything practical existed.
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colours based on the interference phenomenon.
- Born
- 1845-08-16, Bonnevoie, LuxembourgA Saturday
- Died
- 1921-07-13, Atlantic OceanA Wednesday, aged 75
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Luxembourg
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1845-08-16, Bonnevoie, Luxembourg · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Luxembourgthe zone used then
Europe/LuxembourgThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 23°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 8°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 20°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 18°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 26°01′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 10°30′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 15°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 9°50′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 24°34′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 24°52′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1921-07-13, Atlantic Ocean · time unknown, noon chart
Etc/GMT+2the zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 20°35′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 7°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 12°28′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Gemini | 5°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 16°24′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 15°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 20°18′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 9°18′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 12°36′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 8°44′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gabriel Lippmann was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.