Macedonio Melloni

Macedonio Melloni (ca.1830)

Macedonio Melloni (born April 11, 1798 in Parma , † August 11, 1854 in Portici near Naples ) was an Italian physicist .

Life

Melloni mainly worked on thermal radiation , also magnetism of rocks , electrostatic induction and photography .

He was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1834 . From 1835 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences , from 1839 a foreign member of the Royal Society . Melloni was the first director of the Vesuvius Observatory ( Osservatorio Vesuviano ), opened in 1841 , the first volcanological institute in the world. In 1836 he became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1842 he received the Prussian order Pour le Mérite . In 1845 he was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 1849 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Melloni died of cholera in 1854 .

Publications (selection)

• The thermochrôse, or the coloration calorifique. Volume 1. Imprimerie de Joseph Baron, Naples 1850 (Only volume 1 appeared).

literature

• Orden Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts: The members of the Order. Volume 1: 1842-1881. Gebr. Mann-Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-7861-6189-5 , p. 64, full text (PDF; 302 kB).
• Melloni, Macedonio . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 18 : Medal - Mumps . London 1911, p. 96 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter M. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 21, 2020 (French). 
2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Michael O. Krieg: No more was published. A directory of unfinished printed works (= Bibliotheca bibliographica. Vol. 2, 2, ZDB -ID 407143-8 ). Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements. Krieg, Vienna 1954, p. 27.