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With these words Orso Mario Corbino , who had replaced him in the post of director of the Physics Institute in Rome, concluded the commemoration of Pietro Blaserna written for the Società degli Spettroscopisti (Society of Spectroscopists) and published in 1918, the year of his death.
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- 1.
O. M. Corbino, Pietro Blaserna, 27 febbraio 1836-26 febbraio 1918, «Memorie della Società degli Spettroscopisti italiani», s. 2, vol. 7, 1918, p. 4.
- 2.
Ibid., p. 1.
- 3.
Ibid., pp. 2–3.
- 4.
Ibid., pp. 3–4.
- 5.
Prof. P. Blaserna, «Nature», vol. 101, June 13, 1918, p. 287.
- 6.
The Messina Earthquake and its predecessors, «Nature», vol. 83, May 19, 1910, p. 353.
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The other members were: Buys-Ballot for the Netherlands, Capello for Portugal, Hann for Austria, Mascart for France, Mohn for Norway, Neumayer for Germany, Scott for the United Kingdom, acting as secretary, and Wild for Russia, Chairman. The Meteorological Congress at Rome, «Nature», vol. 20, May 15, 1879, p. 58.
- 8.
The Italian Report upon the Eclipse of 1870, «Nature», vol. 7, Feb. 20, 1873, pp. 308–310.
- 9.
Italian Spectroscopy, «Nature», vol. 6, Oct. 3, 1872, pp. 465–466.
- 10.
A. Razzi , Via Panisperna e la preistoria dell’atomica, «Civiltà delle macchine», 1956, pp. 40–47.
- 11.
Ibid., p. 41.
- 12.
«[…] or with the hope of manoeuvring him amongst his Roman connections to dissuade the interventionists from dangerous acts», Ibid., p. 41.
- 13.
Ibid., p. 41.
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The Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali (Corps of Royal Carabineers) was established in the Savoy State by Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy with a royal law of 13 July 1814. On 8 May 1861, after the unification of Italy, the Carabinieri Reali became an “Arma” (Corps or Force) of the Royal Army, acquiring the position of first “arma” of the new national army. The Carabinieri have participated with valour in the wars of independence and the Libyan war, as well as distinguishing themselves in the world wars as autonomous tactical combat units, as well as in the war of liberation 1943–45. Since 2000 the “Arma” has had an autonomous role under the authority of the Ministry of Defence with the status of an armed force. It is one of the Italian police forces with general responsibility and permanently on duty for public security.
- 15.
Archivio Amaldi (AA), Sez. Eredi, scatola 22, fascicolo 7, Biografie individuali, Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza, Roma.
- 16.
A. Razzi , Via Panisperna e la preistoria dell’atomica, cit., p. 40.
- 17.
Ibid., p. 41.
- 18.
This anecdote was told to me by Prof. Carlo Bernardini (1930–2018), during a pleasant chat in Rome, in December 2013.
- 19.
AA, Sez. Eredi, scatola 22, fascicolo 7, Biografie individuali, Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza, Roma.
- 20.
At the time the project to found the SIPS led to nothing; it was picked up again, as we shall tell later, in 1907.
- 21.
E. Bottero – C. Magistrelli, Il telefono, Firenze, Loescher, 1883.
- 22.
M. Cantone, Commemorazione dell’accademico linceo senatore Pietro Blaserna, «Rendiconti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali», s. 5, XXVII, 1° sem. 1918, pp. 268–269.
- 23.
AA, Sez. Eredi, scatola 10, fasc.1, Manoscritto di un racconto?, Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza, Roma.
- 24.
The Law of Guarantees was a unilateral act by means of which the Italian government intended to regulate relations with the Holy See after the occupation of Rome in 1870. Issued on 13 May 1871, it was based on the concept of ensuring for the Pope a set of conditions that guaranteed him the free exercise of spiritual power; the Holy See rejected it with the encyclical Ubi nos of 15 May 1871. This law established the principle of the separation of Church and State. Although criticised, it regulated relations between the Kingdom of Italy and the Papacy until 11 February 1929 when, on an agreed basis, the Lateran Pacts were drawn up.
- 25.
A. Razzi, Via Panisperna e la preistoria dell’atomica, cit., p. 40.
- 26.
G. Battimelli – M. G. Ianniello, Fermi e dintorni. Due secoli di fisica a Roma (1748–1960).
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Focaccia, M. (2019). A Gentleman Scientist. In: Pietro Blaserna and the Birth of the Institute of Physics in Rome. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10825-0_1
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