- Giuseppe Saverio Poli
Giuseppe Saverio Poli (
Molfetta 26 October 1746-7 April 1825)was an Italianphysicist ,biologist and natural historian.His collections, with those of the
Royal Bourbon Museum , were the foundation of theZoological Museum of Naples .These were worldwide and included, especially,Lepidoptera ,Cnidaria andMolluscs .Works
*"La formazione del tuono, della folgore e di varie altre meteore giuste le idee del signor Franklin, Napoli, 1772, and Riflessioni intorno agli effetti di alcuni fulmini", Napoli (1773).
* "Continuazione delle riflessioni intorno agli effetti di alcuni fulmini",Napoli (1774).
*"Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis 49 illustrata",Parma (1791–1795) I–III.*with
Antonio Fabris andVincenzo Dandolo " Elementi di fisica sperimentale " Five volumesVenezia : A. Curti (1798) [http://books.google.com/books?id=a4EIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=giuseppe+saverio+poli Elementi di fisica at Google books]External links
* [http://www.scuolapoli.it/poli.htm Short account of Poli] in Italian
References
* [http://ppp.unipv.it/Collana/Pages/Libri/Saggi/Volta%20and%20the%20History%20of%20Electricity/V&H%20Sect2/V&H%20167-173.pdf Edvige Schettino Franklinists in Naples in the 18th Century] pdf
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