Giovanni Antonelli
Giovanni Antonelli (1 October 1818 – 14 January 1872) was an Italian scientist, astronomer and engineer.[1]
Giovanni Antonelli | |
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| Born | 1 October 1818 |
| Died | 14 January 1872 (aged 53) Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
Antonelli was born in Pistoia, Tuscany. A Catholic priest, he was director of the Ximenian Observatory of Florence from 1851 until his death.
In 1858 he installed a lightning rod designed by himself and Filippo Cecchi on the Florence cathedral. Again with Father Cecchi, he collaborated in the design of a prototype of internal combustion engine with Nicolò Barsanti and Felice Matteucci. Father Antonelli wrote numerous treatises, concerning various arguments from astronomy to mathematics, hydraulics and others; he also published a comment to astronomical passages in the Divine Comedy.[2]
Works
- Sulle dottrine astronomiche della Divina Commedia (in Italian). Firenze: Tipografia Calasanziana. 1865.
Sulle dottrine astronomiche della Divina Commedia, 1865
References
- A. Stiattesi Necr. Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine: Bull. Boncompagni 5 (1872), 253–276
- Giovanni Antonelli. Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Further reading
N. Tommaseo Giovanni Antonelli: Commemorazione (1872) (in Italian)