Francesco Ventretti

Francesco Ventretti (1713–1784) was an Italian mathematician.

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Life

Ventretti taught at the Military College of Verona and in 1773 invented the orosmeter, a tool to make precision measurements of hillside gradients.[1]

Gaetano Marzagaglia commented on his works.

Works

  • Ventretti, Francesco (1752). Genesi di tutti li triangoli rettangoli numerici (in Italian). In Verona: Antonio Andreoni.
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