Recupero di un raro banco ottico del Melloni costruito nella Palermo della “belle époque”

In the article we will report on the recovery of a Melloni’s optical bench built at the end of 1800 by the “macchinista” Filippo Caliri in the “belle époque” of Palermo. A scientific instrument of particular historical and didactic interest belonging to the collection of Liceo Classico Statale “Umberto I” of Palermo. In the article, we will discuss the technical aspects of the interventions carried out.