Macedonio Melloni

Macedonio Melloni was an Italian physicist, notable for demonstrating that radiant heat has similar physical properties to those of light.

11 April 1798

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Dan Maskell • Jim Hearn • John Krebs, Baron Krebs • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • Lena Schöneborn • Malcolm Christie • Michael T. Wright (university administrator) • Michael von Grünigen • Nicky Pastorelli • Robert Stanfield • Thulani Serero • Wayne Wigham • William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg

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