%0 Journal Article %T Strumenti meteorologici storici dell'Universit¨¤ di Ferrara. %A Clelia Caracciolo %A Grazia Zini %J Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica %D 2007 %I Universit¨˘ Degli Studi di Ferrara %X The aim of this report is to present, for the first time, a group of meteorological instruments, made betweenthe XIX and the beginning of the XX century, belonging to the conspicuous Collection of Antique PhysicInstruments of the University of Ferrara (Italy). After a brief introduction, the article describes a schematichistory of Meteorology. Successively it provides images of the meteorological instruments with their historicalcontextualization and technical specifications. This report is part of a research which uses history and antiqueinstruments to increase the comprehension of basic Physics by part of people with no particular knowledge inScience. %K Meteorology %K Science history %K Antique scientific instruments %K Science Museum %K University of Ferrara %U http://annali.unife.it/museologia/3-1.pdf