Francesco Comelli
Italian scientific instrument maker
About Francesco Comelli
Lived 1744 – 1816 (aged 71–72). Francesco Comelli was an artisan, mechanic, mechanician and clockmaker.
Francesco Comelli (1744 in Parigi – 1816 in Bologna) was an Italian scientific instrument maker with considerable expertise in foundry and metalworking. In 1780 he was appointed "regulator" of the public clock in Bologna. A device designed by Comelli was used by Gianbattista Guglielmini in experiments to measure the rotation of the earth in 1791. Florence's Museo Galileo holds a specimen of an alidade for a clockmaker's lathe, made by Comelli.
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Who was Francesco Comelli?
Italian scientific instrument maker (1744-1816)
When was Francesco Comelli born?
Francesco Comelli was born in 1744 in Bargi, Camugnano.
When did Francesco Comelli die?
Francesco Comelli died in 1816 in Bologna.
What was Francesco Comelli's occupation?
Francesco Comelli was an artisan, mechanic, mechanician and clockmaker.
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