Nicolò Arrighetti
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Nicolò Arrighetti | |
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| Born | 17 March 1709 |
| Died | 31 January 1767 (aged 57) |
| Known for | Theories of light, heat and electricity |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | Spoleto, Prato, Siena |
Nicolò Arrighetti (17 March 1709 – 31 January 1767) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy.[1] He was born in Florence, Italy in 1709. On 21 October 1724, he became a member of the Society of Jesus; he taught natural philosophy in Spoleto, Prato and Siena. He died in 1767.
His surviving works include treatises on theories of light, heat and electricity and on the causes of the movement of mercury in barometers.
References
[edit]- ↑ Herbermann, Charles George (1907). The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church. Mississauga - University of Toronto. New York, The Encyclopedia Press.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicolò Arrighetti". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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