Letter from Angelo Secchi to Giuseppe Bianchi

Roma, 10 maggio 1858
216 x 271 mm
Archivio storico dell'Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Roma

Giuseppe Bianchi, director of the Observatory of Modena, and secretary of the aforementioned Academy, wished to receive instructions for the Observatory of Modena to become part of the synoptic observational network of the International Meteorological Service, sponsored by the Paris Observatory. In this interesting letter, Secchi explains to the colleague the modalities of data detection and the dispatch of the dispatches from the Roman College. Here’s an excerpt (diplomatic transcript).

Ileana Chinnici, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo