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physics.hist-ph2025

300th anniversary of the birth of Father Eliseo della Concezione: the scientific contribution in the Royal Academy of Studies of Palermo

Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto

2025 marks the 300th birthday of Father Eliseo della Concezione, professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Academy of Studies of Palermo. To celebrate this anniversary, the Ph…

physics.hist-ph2021

The silver-plated mirrors of the Historical Collection of Physics Instruments of Palermo University

Giovanni Luca Sferrazza, Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto

In the paper we will describe three instruments of particular historical and didactic interest belonging to the Historical Collection of Physics Instruments of Palermo University:…

physics.ed-ph2017★ 1 cited

Multidisciplinary learning at the University scientific museums: the Bunsen burner

Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto, Vitalba Pace, Roberto Zingales

We report on a laboratory activity carried out together with secondary school (high-school) students, with the aim of increasing their interest toward historical scientific instrum…

physics.ed-ph2015★ 10 cited

A mechanical model of the smartphone's accelerometer

Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto, Lucia Lupo

To increase the attention of students, several physics experiments can be performed at school, as well at home, by using the smartphone as laboratory tools. In the paper we describ…

physics.ed-ph2014★ 32 cited

Measurement of the convective heat-transfer coefficient

Rosaria Conti, Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto, Emilio Fiordilino

We propose an experiment for investigating how objects cool down toward the thermal equilibrium with its surrounding through convection. We describe the time dependence of the temp…

physics.ed-ph2013★ 1 cited

Tirocinio Formativo Attivo nell'Ateneo di Palermo: Classe di Abilitazione A049 - Matematica e Fisica

Aurelio Agliolo Gallitto, Lucia Lupo

We will describe the organization of the first cycle of the Course of Tirocinio Formativo Attivo, Class A049 - Mathematics and Physics, at the university of Palermo, both in terms…