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Oct 01, 1818 Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy Died on 14 Jan 1872 (aged 53)
Italian scientist
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About Giovanni Antonelli
- Giovanni Antonelli (1 October 1818 – 14 January 1872) was an Italian scientist, astronomer and engineer.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.
