Giuseppe Mercalli (21 May 1850 – 19 March 1914) was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for...
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any particular location, on the surface. It was developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902. While shaking experienced at the surface...
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Emanuele II in Naples, where among his professors was vulcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli. He showed interest in studying from an early age, and was awarded...
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de Dolomieu (1750–1801) George Julius Poulett Scrope (1797–1876) Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914) Pope Pius XI (1857-1939), Catholic pope who, in his early...
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scale developed in 1902 by the Italian priest and geologist Giuseppe Mercalli. The Mercalli scale uses Roman numerals and classifies earthquakes from I...
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Problem Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914) – priest, volcanologist, and director of the Vesuvius Observatory who is best remembered today for his Mercalli scale...
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those of Plinian eruptions. The term Vulcanian was first used by Giuseppe Mercalli, witnessing the 1888–1890 eruptions on the island of Vulcano. His...
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eruption of Vulcano was carefully documented at the time by Giuseppe Mercalli. Mercalli described the eruptions as "...explosions sounding like a cannon...
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in Physics in 1901 Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914): Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is best remembered for the Mercalli intensity scale for...
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(1845–1922) and Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1912), who also provided a long report on the area's geology with a map of the intensity of the shaking. Mercalli thought...
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in the late 19th century. In 1902, Italian seismologist Giuseppe Mercalli, created the Mercalli Scale, a new 12-grade scale. Significant improvements were...
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world" by Aleteia; the other four are: Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaitre. After completing undergraduate training in philosophy...
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the Vesuvius Observatory, was founded in Naples in 1841. Geologist Giuseppe Mercalli, born in Milan in 1850, was a director of the Vesuvius Observatory...
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1909) May 18 – Oliver Heaviside, British engineer (d. 1925) May 21 Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) Gustav Lindenthal, Czech civil engineer...
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Arithmetic, Birkhäuser (E.A. Marchisotto & J.T. Smith (2007). Giuseppe Mercalli, inventor of the Mercalli Scale of earthquake intensity, was professor of geology...
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de Dolomieu (1750–1801) George Julius Poulett Scrope (1797–1876) Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914) Thomas Jaggar (1871–1953), founder of the Hawaiian Volcano...
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units – Max Planck Stoney units – George Stoney Mercalli intensity scale, earthquake effects – Giuseppe Mercalli degree Réaumur (°R), temperature – René Antoine...
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usually a more experienced person), mentoring programs. Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian seismologist – Mercalli intensity scale of an earthquake Gerard Mercator,...
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1910) 1849 – Édouard-Henri Avril, French painter (d. 1928) 1850 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest and volcanologist (d. 1914) 1851 – Léon Bourgeois...
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of Mount Pelée in Martinique. Mercalli intensity scale introduced as a seismic scale for earthquakes by Giuseppe Mercalli. July 14 - Peruvian explorer...
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Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819) 1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850) 1919 – Emma...
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in Naples Ettore Majorana, physicist Macedonio Melloni, physicist Giuseppe Mercalli, volcanologist Vincenzo Monaldi, physician and physiologist. First...
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24 – Sir David Gill (born 1843), Scottish astronomer. March 19 – Giuseppe Mercalli (born 1850), Italian volcanologist. March 30 – John Henry Poynting...
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March 18 – Andreas Beck, Norwegian explorer (b. 1864) March 19 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850) March 22 – Allen Caperton Braxton...
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May 18 – Oliver Heaviside (died 1925), English physicist. May 21 – Giuseppe Mercalli (died 1914), Italian volcanologist. May 23 – George Claridge Druce...
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physical properties to those of light Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), volcanologist and seismologist, inventor of the Mercalli intensity scale (1902) Quirico...
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geologist and mineralogist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), Italian seismologist and volcanologist, developed the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring...
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Ochsenfeld) Mendelian inheritance – Gregor Mendel Mercalli intensity scale (Modified Mercalli scale) – Giuseppe Mercalli Metonic cycle – Meton of Athens Meyers synthesis...
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plate tectonics; awarded William Bowie Medal Giuseppe Mercalli (Italian, 1850–1914) – developed Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquakes John...
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physical properties to those of light Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), volcanologist and seismologist, inventor of the Mercalli intensity scale (1902) Franco Modigliani...
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