Domenico Cocoli

Domenico Cocoli (1747–1812) was an Italian mathematician[1][2] and physicist, especially active on hydraulics.[3] He was a top physicist of the late Republic of Venice, then of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.[3]

Proposizioni fisico-matematiche, 1775

Biography

Born in Brescia in 1747, he begun studying architecture and later was awarded a pension by a wealthy patron to continue his studies.[3] In 1774 he had the chair of physics and mathematics. In 1777 he published his Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry.[3] Thanks to the fame of the book, he became a consultant of the Republic of Venice being among the five physicists who took care of the problem of the floodings of the Brenta river.[3] Until 1797 he carried out various assignments.[3] In 1802 he was appointed member of the Collegio dei Dotti of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.[3]

Works
  • Cocoli, Domenico (1775). Proposizioni fisico-matematiche (in Italian). In Brescia: Francesco Ragnoli.
gollark: > <@!258639553357676545> can they bring my ex back to me?Is your ex magnetic?
gollark: Magnets can do *anything*!
gollark: Antigravity is important because we could replace swivel chairs with hover chairs.
gollark: Antigravity would be very neat.
gollark: > it's pretty long but essentially there would be some special frequency, voltage and current, counter rotating magnetic fields and other things involved.That just sounds buzzwordy.

See also

References
  1. "Domenico Cocoli". WorldCat.org.
  2. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". d-nb.info (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. Giambattista Corniani (1833). I secoli della letteratura italiana dopo il suo risorgimento (in Italian). coi tipi di Vincenzo Ferrario. p. 463.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.