Macedonio Melloni
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Italian physicist
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Macedonio Melloni's Degrees
- Doctorate Physics University of Pavia
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Macedonio Melloni was an Italian physicist, notable for demonstrating that radiant heat has similar physical properties to those of light. Life Born at Parma, in 1824 he was appointed professor at the local University but was compelled to escape to France after taking part in the revolution of 1831. In 1839 he went to Naples and was soon appointed director of the Vesuvius Observatory, a post that he held until 1848. In 1845, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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