Raffaele Giacomelli

Raffaele Giacomelli (5 April 1878, Rome – 13 December 1956, Rome) was an aeronautical engineer, linguist, dialectologist, and historian of science.

His father was Francesco Giacomelli, of Bolognese origin, first astronomer at the R. Osservatorio del Campidoglio, and his mother was Maria née Marucchi, from a family of scholars. and his uncle, Orazio Marucchi, was a famous archaeologist. The road Via Giacomelli at Vigna di Valle is named in his honor.

Selected publications "An Historical Survey of Italian Aeronautics." The Aeronautical Journal 33, no. 226 (1929): 947–964. "The aerodynamics of Leonardo da Vinci." The Aeronautical Journal 34, no. 240 (1930): 1016–1038. "Flight in Nature and in Science." The Aeronautical Journal 36, no. 259 (1932): 578–597. Gli scritti di Leonardo da Vinci sul volo. G. Bardi, 1936; 366 pages, with preface by Terrorismo aereo nella teoria e nella realtà. Roma : Associazione italiana d'aerotecnica, 1945. Bomba atomica e distruzioni in massa. Roma, Editoriale aeronautico, 1947. translated as: Atom bomb and mass destruction. Roma, Editoriale aeronautico, 1947.