Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna
The Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna is an academic society in Bologna, Italy, that was founded in 1690 and prospered in the Age of Enlightenment. Today it is closely associated with the University of Bologna.
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, the founder of the Institute
Jacopo Riccati, who introduced the Riccati equation and was regarded as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 2nd millennium
Pope Benedict XIV was a major benefactor of the Institute.
Seventeenth century globe in the Palazzo Poggi
Eustachio Manfredi was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and poet.
Eustachio Manfredi engraving dated 1792 by Francesco Rosaspina
Replica de' bolognesi ad alcune considerazioni de' sig.ri ferraresi nella materia delle acque, 1717
Compendio et esame del libro pubblicato in Modena col titolo Effetti dannosi che produrrà il Reno se sia messo in Po' di Lombardia, 1718
De annuis inerrantium stellarum aberrationibus, 1729