Caverni, Raffaello, Storia del metodo sperimentale in Italia, 1891-1900

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              RELAZIONE
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              DELLA
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              GIUNTA DEL R. ISTITUTO VENETO
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              DEPUTATA ALL'ESAME
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              DEI LAVORI PRESENTATI AL CONCORSO DELLA FONDAZIONE TOMASONI
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              SUL TEMA:
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              STORIA DEL METODO SPERIMENTALE IN ITALIA
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              <s>Per la seconda volta è chiamato il R. </s>
              <s>Istituto a pronunziare il suo
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              giudizio intorno ai lavori, presentati al concorso della fondazione Tomasoni
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              sul tema:
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              “ Storia del metodo sperimentale in Italia ”,
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              e, per agevolare
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              in questo caso l'adempimento di tale, che è fra le più alte missioni del­
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              l'Istituto nostro, la Commissione, deputata a fornirvi gli elementi per siffatto
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              giudizio, ha stimato opportuno di cominciare dall'esporvi succintamente le
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              varie fasi, attraverso le quali questo importante concorso è finora passato. </s>
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              <s>Il defunto Giovanni Tomasoni, con suo testamento olografo del 4 di­
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              cembre 1879, disponeva a favore del nostro Istituto un legato di lire cin­
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              quemila, da darsi in premio
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              “ a chi detterà meglio la storia del metodo
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              sperimentale in Italia ”.
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              La medesima disposizione testamentaria recando,
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              che il programma di concorso fosse determinato dall'Istituto, questo for­
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              mulava il tema nei seguenti termini:
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              “ Esporre le vicende ed i progressi
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              del metodo sperimentale in Italia, principalmente studiato nelle sue
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              applicazioni alle scienze fisiche, con particolare riguardo a tutto ciò
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              che esso offre di notevole nei quattro secoli fra il principio del de­
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              cimoquinto e la fine del decimottavo, comprendendo la scopcrta della
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              pila voltaica. </s>
              <s>A compiere la trattazione del quesito basterà aggiungere
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              un ragguaglio storico, ristretto all'Italia, sul progressivo e rapido svol­
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              gimento, non solo delle scienze fisiche, ma benanco delle economiche e
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              sociali per opera del metodo sperimentale ”.
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              <s>Allo scopo di meglio chiarire i suoi intendimenti, la Commissione, alla
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              quale era stato affidato l'incarico di formulare il tema, aggiungeva che,
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              secondo il suo parere, opportuna introduzione al corpo principale dello
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              scritto avrebbe dovuto essere un cenno storico riassuntivo di quantò si operò
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              nell'antichità in Italia con indirizzo sperimentale, studiando le cause, per
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              le quali quelle sane idee rimasero affogate sotto la marea dei peripatetici </s>
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