Marsilio Landriani

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Marsilio Landriani (Milan, 1751 – Vienna, 1815) was an Italian chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He became known with his first book, Ricerche fisiche intorno alla salubrità dell'aria (Physical investigations on the salubrity of air), published in 1775.

acidity
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Between 1787 and 1788

phlogiston and oxygen. After 1790 he dealt exclusively with chemical applications of electric phenomena, and the improvement of physics and meteorology instruments. During his career he enjoyed a popularity comparable only to that of Alessandro Volta and Lazzaro Spallanzani
, of all Italian scientists of that time.

References

  1. ^ "Marsilio Landriani". Museo Galileo. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ^ Sella, Andrea (30 January 2015). "Landriani's eudiometer". Chemistry World. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 3 February 2015.