Title

Luigi Palmieri, Italian geophysicist, 1893. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Luigi Palmieri, Italian geophysicist, 1893. Palmieri (1807-1896) was director of the Vesuvius Observatory which monitored the activity of the volcano. In 1855 he invented a seismograph. From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1883).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1893

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_183

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,2in x 15,9in / 3655 x 4778 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian people male job man men country science geology guy occupation Campania machine machinery scientist location century profession B&W MONOCHROME Seismograph 19th century black & white black and white B W geologist geophysicist geophysics nineteenth century seismology Vesuvius Oxford Science Archive TGN Luigi Palmieri engraving portrait Unknown Palmieri Luigi engraving portrait