I. Antonio, count, an Italian statesman, born in Bologna in 1750, died in Pavia, Oct. 5, 1820. When Bologna in 1797 was wrested by General Bonaparte from the papal government, Aldini, who was then professor of jurisprudence, was sent to Paris by his fellow citizens. He was chosen president of the council of the ancients in the Cisalpine republic, and was held in much esteem by Napoleon, who in 1805 created him a count, and made him a minister of state for the kingdom of Italy. After the fall of Napoleon and the reestablish-ment of the former rulers in Italy, he resided in Lombardy.

II. Giovanni, brother of the preceding, and nephew of Galvani, born in Bologna, April 10, 1702, died in Milan, Jan. 17, 1834. He was professor of natural philosophy at Bologna, Italian counsellor of state, and knight of the order of the iron crown. He is well known by his works (written in Italian, French, and English) on the practical applications of galvanism, illumination, tides, means of safety from fire, etc. He prepared a scheme for turning to profit the rise and fall of the tide in the lagoons of Venice in working mills; and is also said to have been the inventor of articles of fire-proof clothing.