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1867–1869 – Installation of fire-preventing system in Roma basilicas (see APUG,
Fondo Secchi, 2.XI; Calzolari and Marsella, Chap. 16, in this volume)
1876 – Installation of lightning rods in Roman main monuments (see APUG
82A. 12; Calzolari and Marsella, Chap. 16, in this volume)
Publications of Journals and Treatises
1853 onward – Memorie dell'Osservatorio del Collegio Romano (Collegio Romano
Observatory Memoirs)
1862 onward – Bullettino Meteorologico dell'Osservatorio del Collegio Romano
(Meteorological Bulletin of the Collegio Romano Observatory) (IafrateBeltrano, Chap. 9, in this volume)
1864 – Sull’unità delle forze fisiche (On the Unity of Physical Forces) (Capuzzo
Dolcetta, Chap. 11, in this volume)
Other editions: 1869 (in French); 1872 and 1873 (in Russian); 1874 (in Italian and
in French, revised and extended, in 2 vols.); 1876 (in German, in 2 vols.); posthumously: 1880 (in Russian); 1885 (in Italian, in 2 vols.); 1884–1885 and 1891
(in German, in 2 vols.).
1870 – Le Soleil (The Sun), in French
Other editions: 1872 (in German); 1875–77 (revised and extended, in 2 vols.), still
in French; posthumously: 1879 (in Spanish); 1884 (in Italian)
1877 – Le stelle. Saggio di astronomia siderale (The Stars: Treatise of Sidereal
Astronomy)
Other editions: 1878 (in German); posthumously: 1879, 1884 and 1895 (in French)
1879 – Lezioni di fisica terrestre (Lessons of terrestrial physics) (Argentieri and
Parotto, Chap. 14, in this volume)
Other editions: 1885 (in German); 1886 (in Spanish)
Secchi bibliographic production also includes about 770 papers in the most
renowned scientific journals of his time (Fioravanti 2012)
International Scientific Expeditions and Commissions
Total Solar Eclipse, 18 July 1860, Desierto de Las
Palmas (Spain)
He was among the first astronomers to photograph totality. The comparison of these
photographs and those taken by Warren De la Rue definitely confirmed that solar
prominences belong to the sun and are not optical illusions. (Chinnici 2019:
117–125; 183–186)
Angelo Secchi: Biographic Notes (Chinnici 2019)
1867–1869 – Installation of fire-preventing system in Roma basilicas (see APUG,
Fondo Secchi, 2.XI; Calzolari and Marsella, Chap. 16, in this volume)
1876 – Installation of lightning rods in Roman main monuments (see APUG
82A. 12; Calzolari and Marsella, Chap. 16, in this volume)
Publications of Journals and Treatises
1853 onward – Memorie dell'Osservatorio del Collegio Romano (Collegio Romano
Observatory Memoirs)
1862 onward – Bullettino Meteorologico dell'Osservatorio del Collegio Romano
(Meteorological Bulletin of the Collegio Romano Observatory) (IafrateBeltrano, Chap. 9, in this volume)
1864 – Sull’unità delle forze fisiche (On the Unity of Physical Forces) (Capuzzo
Dolcetta, Chap. 11, in this volume)
Other editions: 1869 (in French); 1872 and 1873 (in Russian); 1874 (in Italian and
in French, revised and extended, in 2 vols.); 1876 (in German, in 2 vols.); posthumously: 1880 (in Russian); 1885 (in Italian, in 2 vols.); 1884–1885 and 1891
(in German, in 2 vols.).
1870 – Le Soleil (The Sun), in French
Other editions: 1872 (in German); 1875–77 (revised and extended, in 2 vols.), still
in French; posthumously: 1879 (in Spanish); 1884 (in Italian)
1877 – Le stelle. Saggio di astronomia siderale (The Stars: Treatise of Sidereal
Astronomy)
Other editions: 1878 (in German); posthumously: 1879, 1884 and 1895 (in French)
1879 – Lezioni di fisica terrestre (Lessons of terrestrial physics) (Argentieri and
Parotto, Chap. 14, in this volume)
Other editions: 1885 (in German); 1886 (in Spanish)
Secchi bibliographic production also includes about 770 papers in the most
renowned scientific journals of his time (Fioravanti 2012)
International Scientific Expeditions and Commissions
Total Solar Eclipse, 18 July 1860, Desierto de Las
Palmas (Spain)
He was among the first astronomers to photograph totality. The comparison of these
photographs and those taken by Warren De la Rue definitely confirmed that solar
prominences belong to the sun and are not optical illusions. (Chinnici 2019:
117–125; 183–186)
Angelo Secchi: Biographic Notes (Chinnici 2019)