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The Panizzi Library of Reggio Emilia, the birthplace of Secchi, keeps a small
collection of letters (28) of Secchi to various correspondents among which stands
out Father Crispino Della Passione with whom Secchi corresponded from 1875
concerning the creation of the Osservatorio di Grottaferrata. (The letters of Della
Passione to Secchi are kept in the historical archive of the Roman College.) Nearby,
the Biblioteca Estense in Modena and the archive of Parma University possess the
correspondence with Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863) and Antonio Colla
(1806–1857), respectively, the first especially famous for his studies of optics, the
second director of the Meteorological Observatory of Parma.
An important archive of all the correspondence of Angelo Secchi to Francesco
Denza (1834–1894) in the period 1858–1877 is preserved in the Historical Archive
of the Barnabite Fathers of Moncalieri, where Denza established a meteorological
station.
6
In this research it is also worth noting the important collection of letters (48) by
Angelo Secchi to the mathematician Paolo Volpicelli (1804–1879) present in the
6 Fr. Sabino Maffeo prepared the list of Angelo Secchi’s letters to Francesco Denza and Fr.
Giuseppe Koch, librarian at the Specola Vaticana, has kindly made it available for this
publication.
Fig. 20.2 The collection of letters by Secchi to Tacchini, preserved at INAF-OAA (credit:
A. Gasperini)
A. Gasperini and M. Gargano
The Panizzi Library of Reggio Emilia, the birthplace of Secchi, keeps a small
collection of letters (28) of Secchi to various correspondents among which stands
out Father Crispino Della Passione with whom Secchi corresponded from 1875
concerning the creation of the Osservatorio di Grottaferrata. (The letters of Della
Passione to Secchi are kept in the historical archive of the Roman College.) Nearby,
the Biblioteca Estense in Modena and the archive of Parma University possess the
correspondence with Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863) and Antonio Colla
(1806–1857), respectively, the first especially famous for his studies of optics, the
second director of the Meteorological Observatory of Parma.
An important archive of all the correspondence of Angelo Secchi to Francesco
Denza (1834–1894) in the period 1858–1877 is preserved in the Historical Archive
of the Barnabite Fathers of Moncalieri, where Denza established a meteorological
station.
6
In this research it is also worth noting the important collection of letters (48) by
Angelo Secchi to the mathematician Paolo Volpicelli (1804–1879) present in the
6 Fr. Sabino Maffeo prepared the list of Angelo Secchi’s letters to Francesco Denza and Fr.
Giuseppe Koch, librarian at the Specola Vaticana, has kindly made it available for this
publication.
Fig. 20.2 The collection of letters by Secchi to Tacchini, preserved at INAF-OAA (credit:
A. Gasperini)
A. Gasperini and M. Gargano