PIONEERS OF SCIENCE
EXHIBITION OF THEIR INTENTIONS Tiiii Historical Exhibition of Italian Science, opened by King Victor Km- , nmnncl, covers a wide range, and lias taken live years lo prepare (states the ‘.Daily Mail ’) Its object is to illustrate Hie vast wealth of scientific material existing all ovoi Italy ami to prove that most of Hie wonders of applied science owe ihcir origin to Italian genius. in the Florence' section wo have the thermometer, invented by Galileo in I.D ; bi s pcndnlnni aim ilio la mows little telescope covereu with laded red leather which he invented at Venice in IGO9. With it he discovered Jupiter’s moons.
Even more interesting is the exhibit of about a dozen cxnnisilr little mndcls (made expressly for th : <- exhibition), illustrating Leonardo da Vinci’s theories on human (light which lie elaborated from studying Ilia flight and structure of birds. .
The Mologna iccu'or, contains records of (.bilvant's cxpcriincnls in animal magnetism. The .Ministry of (,'oninnniica lions exhibit starts with the, genu of modern electricity, Volta's “ pile. ' and lollows w.th all the developments of telegraphy and telephony that have sinco taken ])!aee. Ho.ro is the Pantograph tor the telegraphic transmission of pictures invented in 1850 by the Sienese; scientist, Giovanni Case'lH
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Evening Star, Issue 20217, 3 July 1929, Page 7
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203PIONEERS OF SCIENCE Evening Star, Issue 20217, 3 July 1929, Page 7
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