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The Imperiale e Regio Museo, founded in 1775 by Grand Duke Peter Leopold, relied from the outset on the contribution of a substantial group of crafstmen who built and restored high-quality scientific instruments, cast wax models, stuffed animals, and dried plants in the Museum's own workshops—the fabbriche. Among the main participants in these intensive efforts, we should mention the instrument maker and restorer Felice Gori and the craftsman Clemente Susini, who produced the splendid wax anatomical models in collaboration with the Museum's first director, Felice Fontana. During the 19th C., this sector of the Regio Museo gradually lost its initial vitality, although some fine work continued to be carried out in wax modeling and the construction of new electrical machines.

Objects
Apparatus for experiments on pendulums

Apparatus for experiments on pendulums

Inv. 982
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus for showing stable equilibrium

Apparatus for showing stable equilibrium

Inv. 973
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

Apparatus for showing the effects of the centrifugal force

Apparatus for showing the effects of the centrifugal force

Inv. 1384
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

Apparatus for showing the hydrostatic paradox

Apparatus for showing the hydrostatic paradox

Inv. 1370
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus for showing the parabolic path of liquids

Apparatus for showing the parabolic path of liquids

Inv. 1024
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus for showing the proprieties of the wedge

Apparatus for showing the proprieties of the wedge

Inv. 1385
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus showing the composition of forces

Apparatus showing the composition of forces

Inv. 1404
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus showing the composition of motion

Apparatus showing the composition of motion

Inv. 963
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

Apparatus to demonstrate the isochronism of falls along a spiral

Apparatus to demonstrate the isochronism of falls along a spiral

Inv. 976
Maker unknown, first half 18th cent.

Apparatus to illustrate reflection in elastic shocks

Apparatus to illustrate reflection in elastic shocks

Inv. 1502
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus to study the composition of elastic shocks

Apparatus to study the composition of elastic shocks

Inv. 971
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Apparatus with simple machines

Apparatus with simple machines

Inv. 496
Nairne & Blunt firm, London, 1774-1793

Carriage odometer

Carriage odometer

Inv. 678
Luigi Roverelli, Antonio Quinquernell, Florence, second half 18th cent.

Castelli hydraulic pump (hydraulic fan)

Castelli hydraulic pump (hydraulic fan)

Inv. 1029
Maker unknown, Florence, 1794

Circle-dividing engine

Circle-dividing engine

Inv. 586, 3244
Maker unknown, Florence, 1762

Cogwheels

Cogwheels

Inv. 1387
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Cylinder on inclined plane

Cylinder on inclined plane

Inv. 1390
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Double barometer

Double barometer

Inv. 1155
Maker unknown, Italian, second half 18th cent.

Double pendulum to illustrate the damping of oscillations

Double pendulum to illustrate the damping of oscillations

Inv. 1386
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Drum electrical machine

Drum electrical machine

Inv. 3408
Maker unknown, ca. 1776

Elastic and inelastic collisions apparatus

Elastic and inelastic collisions apparatus

Inv. 981
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Endless screw

Endless screw

Inv. 1388
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Fan

Fan

Inv. 1377
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

First-order lever

First-order lever

Inv. 1002
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

First-order lever

First-order lever

Inv. 1007
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

First-order lever as balance beam

First-order lever as balance beam

Inv. 1383
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

First-order lever with bent beam

First-order lever with bent beam

Inv. 1009/a
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Globe electrical machine, Nollet type

Globe electrical machine, Nollet type

Inv. 1341, 1342, 2737
Museo di fisica workshops, ca. 1775

Lever suspended at both ends

Lever suspended at both ends

Inv. 1409, 3755
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Line-dividing engine

Line-dividing engine

Inv. 1023, 3244, 3368
Maker unknown, Florence, second half 18th cent.

Machine for experiments on the centrifugal force

Machine for experiments on the centrifugal force

Inv. 1027
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Mechanical equinoctial dial

Mechanical equinoctial dial

Inv. 3754
Felice Gori, Florence, ca. 1820

Mechanical paradox

Mechanical paradox

Inv. 3387
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever

Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever

Inv. 1010
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Model winch

Model winch

Inv. 1504
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Model winch

Model winch

Inv. 990
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Multi-groove pulley

Multi-groove pulley

Inv. 992
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

Multi-lever apparatus

Multi-lever apparatus

Inv. 1005
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Plane with variable inclination

Plane with variable inclination

Inv. 1402
Maker unknown, German?, late 18th cent.

Plane with variable inclination

Plane with variable inclination

Inv. 1403
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Pocket aneroid barometer

Pocket aneroid barometer

Inv. 3659
Giustino Paggi, Florence, ca. 1880

Portable barometer

Portable barometer

Inv. 1131
Galgano Gori, Florence, 1846

Registering barometer

Registering barometer

Inv. 1163
Felice Fontana, Italian, late 18th cent.

Screw

Screw

Inv. 521
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Second-order lever

Second-order lever

Inv. 1006
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Stand with tackle and polyspaston

Stand with tackle and polyspaston

Inv. 539, 1401
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Stand with tackles

Stand with tackles

Inv. 984, 1389, 1398, 1399
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Third-order lever

Third-order lever

Inv. 1008
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.

Winter plate electrical machine

Winter plate electrical machine

Inv. 1526
Museo di fisica workshops, second half 19th cent.