Company:Francesco Comelli
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Francesco Comelli (1744 in Parigi – 1816 in Bologna)[1] was an Italian scientific instrument maker. A skilled craftsman, Comelli was a well-known maker of machines, instruments, and clocks and an innovator in the design of metal presses.[2] In 1780, was appointed "regulator" of the public clock in Bologna. Has considerable expertise in foundry and metalworking.[3] A device designed by Comelli was used by Gianbattista Guglielmini in experiments to measure the rotation of the earth in 1791.[4]
References
- ↑ Miniati, Mara, ed. Museo di storia della scienza: catalogo. Taylor & Francis, 1991. p210
- ↑ Cooper, Denis R. (1988). The art and craft of coinmaking: a history of minting technology. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 9780907605270. https://books.google.com/books?id=WxNHAAAAYAAJ.
- ↑ Museo Galileo. "Francesco Comelli". Catalogue of the Museo Galileo's Instruments on Display. catalogue.museogalileo.it
- ↑ Meli, Domenico Bertoloni (2002). "St. Peter and the Rotation of the Earth". in Harman, Peter M.; Shapiro, Alan E.. The investigation of difficult things: essays on Newton and the history of the exact sciences in honour of DT Whiteside. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521374354. https://books.google.com/books?id=rRqCQgAACAAJ.
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