Labels:text | font | paper | document | black and white OCR: (1835-1910) GIOVANNI VIRGINIO SCHIAPARELLI was an Italian astronomer who proposed that material from a disintegrating comet forms a meteor shower. He also observed Mars for many years, building up a complex picture of the planet. Schiaparelli used the Italian word canali (meaning "channels") in his description of surface details on Mars. Unfortunately, when his work was published in English this word was mistranslated as "canals" (implying that somebody had constructed them), which led some people to believe in the existence of intelligent life on Mars. 1835 Born on March 14 in Savigliano, Piedmont, which is now in Italy. 1854 Graduates from the University of Turin, Italy, where he stays to teach mathematics. Starts to study astronomy and, with assistance from the Piedmont government, cont ...
