Giuseppe Saverio Poli

Italian scientist
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IntroItalian scientist
PlacesItaly
wasScientist Zoologist Physicist Biologist Naturalist Malacologist Entomologist
Work fieldBiology Science Social science
Gender
Male
Birth26 October 1746, Molfetta
Death7 April 1825Naples (aged 78 years)
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Biography

Giuseppe Saverio Poli (26 October 1746 – 7 April 1825) was an Italian physicist, biologist and natural historian.
His collections, with those of the Royal Bourbon Museum, were the foundation of the Zoological Museum of Naples. The specimens were from locations all over the world, and included, especially, Lepidoptera, Cnidaria and Molluscs.

Works

Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis (plate)
  • 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 and Vincenzo Dandolo. Elementi di fisica sperimentale , Five volumes Venezia. A. Curti (1798) Elementi di fisica at Google books

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