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Strumenti meteorologici storici dell'Università di Ferrara.Keywords: Meteorology , Science history , Antique scientific instruments , Science Museum , University of Ferrara Abstract: 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.
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