Adolphe Neyt 1830-1892 en zijn bijdrage tot de opkomst en ontwikkeling van de fotomicrografie en de astrofotografie in de 19de eeuw.

Abstract

SUMMARY: Adolphe Neyt (1830 - 1892) and his contribution to the beginnings and to the development of photomicrography and of astronomical photography in the course of the 19th century. The author of the present paper endeavored to retrace the scientific activity of Adolphe Neyt, who is at present almost forgotten. Neyt was the first in Belgium to intensively apply photomicrography, and in this sphere he holds a predominant position among the workers of his time. In astronomical photography he successfully, by means of a modest instrument, made photos of the moon comparable to the best ones realized by his contemporarians. As a fellow laborer of the celebrated cytologist Edouard Van Beneden, Neyt contributed to a great extant to the success of their common publication: « Nouvelles recherches sur la fécondation et la division mitosique chez l’Ascaride megalocéphale. » 1887.