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RefNoAP/22/13
Previous numbersAP.22.13
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Nuove idee sull'elettricita applicare all'invenzione d'un paratremuoto' [New ideas on electricty, applied to the invention of a 'paratremuoto'] by Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
DateMarch 1837
DescriptionMancini describes an invention he calls the 'paratremuoto', which is designed to protect buildings from tremors and earthquakes. The paper is split into chapters on the importance of the subject, new ideas about the nature of electricity, remarks on the theory of tremors, and the description of the paratremuoto. He explains that the paratremuoto would protect a building from tremors as a lightning rod protects the building from lighting ('[il paratremuoto] preservasse un edifizio isolato dai tremuoti, come il parafulmine lo preserva dai fulmini').

Subject: Electromagnetism / Seismology

Written by Mancini in Napoli.
LanguageItalian
Extent44p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/2/268
RR/1/160
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