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I N D E X E S AND REFERENCES Indexes and References 455 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Abrams, Bruce, Assistant Archivist, County Clerk and Clerk of the Supreme Court, New York - Assistance in the retrieval of trial records Altshuler, José, Academy of Sciences of Cuba - A great deal of bibliographic in- formation and useful discussions. Accurate reading of Section Two (Havana) of the work and valuable suggestions Ardizones Ceballos, Xavier (and Mrs.), Ambassador Plenipotentiary of Cuba in Italy - Effective assistance and support with the authorities and institutions of Havana and retrieval of interesting literature Arecchi, Tito, Director of the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Florence - Assistance in research on higher teaching in Florence during the nineteenth century Astegiano, Piero, MD, Expert in Sports Medicine, Fiano (Turin) - Useful discus- sions on medical aspects and bibliographic indications on electrotherapy and infertility induced by syphilis Balestri, Mario, Director of Grosseto’s SIP Agency (currently Telecom Italia) - Research on possible descendants of Amatis Meucci in the Province of Grosseto Banti, Edvige, Widow of the eldest son of Prof. Angelo Banti - Documentation on Prof. Banti’s research on Antonio Meucci Bargellini, Pier Luigi, Chief Scientist, Comsat Lab. (retired), Clarksburg, MD, USA - Retrieval of rare documents, bibliographic indications on the history of Florence; identification and collection of information in the USA, useful discussions Belgrado, Marcello, Principal of the Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale “Antonio Meucci,” Florence - Assistance and exchange of ideas and information Bellacci, Giuliano, Archives of the Archiepiscopal Curia of Florence - Assistance in research in the registers of marriages and deaths in Florence Bernetti, Raffaele, Palos Park, Illinois (USA) - Various research conducted in Chicago, finding of interesting literature on Antonio Meucci Berni, Roberta, Azienda di Promozione Turistica di Firenze - photographs and useful information on nineteenth century Florence Berres, John, Patent Counsel, Comsat Laboratories, Washington, DC (USA) - Assistance in the research conducted at the United States Patent Office; useful discussions and retrieval of literature on nineteenth century’s patent laws Bevacqua, Joanna, Head of Acquisitions, Phillip A. Randolph Library, New York - Retrieval of rare documents in the USA Bianchi, Piero, Director of Pisa’s SIP Agency (currently Telecom Italia) - Research on the descendants of Amatis Meucci in the Pisa Province Bigi, Lucio, Assistant in the Sacristy of the ‘Duomo’ of Florence - Research on the religious censuses of Florence’s Parishes Bonanni, Stefania, Librarian, Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano, Rome - Retrieval and delivery of Antonio Meucci’s autograph letters and historical information on Garibaldi Bonavoglia, Luigi, President, Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli, L’Aquila - Financing of the trip to Cuba and the United States. Critical reading of the inserts on the history of electricity and magnetism as well as on the history of telegraph and telephone and useful suggestions Burattin, Maria C., Librarian, USIS Rome Library - Retrieval and delivery of USIS bibliographic documentation Caleno, Cesare, Publishing Consultant of SEAT, Rome - Useful discussions and suggestions for the conceptual and structural arrangement of the work Caniggia, Mauro, Historiographer, President of the “Centro Studi De Tillier,” Aosta - Permission to publish a drawing of Innocenzo Manzetti’s telephone Cappelloni, Dario, SEAT - Editoria per la Comunicazione, Rome- Bibliographic research in Rome Capponi, Alfranco, Freelance journalist, Donation of the book on the history of paper in Pioraco 456 Antonio Meucci Cappuccini, Franco, President, Consiglio Superiore Tecnico P.T.A., Rome - Re- trieval of documents from the Archives and Library of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication Caradini, Cinzia, Assocarta, Via di S. Teresa 23 Rome - Forwarding of data on paper consumption and production in various countries of the world Cardellicchio, Michelangelo (and coworkers Mario Penna and Maria Pizzi), Director of the RAI TV Production Center, Rome - Research in RAI’s video library, duplication of RAI videotapes on Antonio Meucci Cartacci, Marcello (and coworkers L. Barbacci, V. Cannistrà, L. Ognibene, C. Tomasso), Director of the Museo Storico P.T., Rome - Guided tour of the museum, philatelic research, retrieval of original documents, supply of valuable photographs and photocopies from the library Cassi, Don Aligi, Parish Priest of the S. Frediano in Cestello Parish, Florence - Assistance in finding the house in which Antonio Meucci was born and the Religious censuses of the Parish Cassola, Marica, Archivist of the Historical Archives of the Florence Municipality - Historical research on Florence, many useful discussions and indications Castagnari, Giancarlo, Director of Fabriano’s Municipal Library - Donation of the book on the history of papermaking and useful information Castellino, Onorato, Professor of Economics and Trade, Institute of Political Economics “Giuseppe Prato” at the University of Turin - Many communications and bibliographic indications on Tuscan coins and on the inflation of the US dollar in the nineteenth century Cecconi, Marcello, SIP (currently Telecom Italia), Pisa branch office - Useful indications and forwarding of philatelic documents on Antonio Meucci Celardo, John, Chief, Appraisal & Disposition Branch, National Archives and Records Administration - Northeast Region, Bayonne, NJ (now in New York City, NY) - Assistance in the retrieval of trial records and research also in other Archives of the United States Ceragioli, Giorgio, Researcher - Experimental Station for Cellulose, Paper and Vegetable and Artificial Fibers, Milan - Critical review of the appendix on paper- making and useful suggestions Cerruti, Luigi, Associated Professor of History of Chemistry, Department of Sci- ences MFN, University of Turin - Critical analysis and appraisal of the patents of Antonio Meucci on drying oils Civil Reference Branch (Staff), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC (now at College Park, MD), USA - Retrieval and selection of a considerable amount of documentary material Coppini, Mario, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze - Research and retrieval of Antonio Meucci’s attendance at the Accademia, assistance for the consultation of the registers Corazza, Giancarlo, President of the “Fondazione G. Marconi,” Pontecchio Marconi (BO) - financing and organization of the International Conference on the Telephone Pioneers Corbella, Adriana, Librarian of Milan’s Museo alla Scala - Biography and portrait of Lorenzo Salvi, information on various opera singers and documentary material on a painter, Antonio Meucci’s homonymous Costa, Theodore, Curator, Staten Island Ferry Museum - Assistance in the Research on the explosion of the ferry-boat Westfield and on the history of the Staten Island Ferry Costantino, Gianni, Ediciones Gianni Costantino S.A., Havana (Cuba) - Interesting information and documents on the history of Havana, authorization to reproduce many of his valuable photographs Crivello, Domenico, Vivai Piante, Monasterolo (Turin) - Identification of the flora on Staten Island on the basis of old photographs and drawings Indexes and References 457 Dal Monte, Giorgio, former General Manager of Associazione Elettrotecnica Ital- iana, Milan - Useful bibliographic indications Damiani, Gen. Sergio, Istituto Storico e di Cultura dell’Arma del Genio, Rome - Guided tour of the Museum, reproduction of photographs, useful information De Fillo, Carlotta, Curatorial Assistant, Library, Staten Island Historical Society, Staten Island (USA) - Retrieval and forwarding of a considerable amount of documents and photographs De Nonno, Tony, Film maker, De Nonno Productions Inc., New York, NY (USA) - Retrieval and forwarding of a considerable amount of documents and photographs, useful indications and discussions, identification of many agencies and researchers in the USA, help in promoting this book and in finding a suitable publisher in the United States Dilaghi Pestellini, Elena, Astronomer and teacher at the Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale “Antonio Meucci” of Florence - Assistance and exchange of ideas and information, research at the “Biblioteca Nazionale” and at “La Nazione” in Florence Egidi, Claudio, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electronics, Polytechnic of Turin - Indication of publications by Giovanni Giorgi on the invention of the telephone, indication of experts in refrigeration and in electric measurements techniques and useful discussions Enrici, Aldo, Managing Director of AT&T Italia - Help in obtaining the authorization to consult and use the material in the archives of AT&T (Warren, NJ) Evangelisti, Maura, Editoria per la Comunicazione - SEAT Divisione STET, Rome - Retrieval of valuable photographs and documents, supervision of the documentary part of the work Fantino Piero, Head of the Analysis Laboratory - Turin Dairy Farm - Analysis and assessment of Antonio Meucci’s patent for a method of milk analysis Fantò, Cesare, Honorary President, Alenia Spazio - Promotion of the publication of the work and of the International Conference on Telephone Pioneers Fausone, Alfredo, Manager of the User Terminals Division, CSELT, Turin - Indications and documents on the history of telephone techniques Fedele, Roberto, Publications Office, CNR, P. Aldo Moro, Rome - Donation of the book by Luigi Respighi on Antonio Meucci Ferrari,