Paolo Frisi
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| Born | 13 April 1728 Melegnano, Italy |
| Died | 22 November 1784 (aged 56) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
Paolo Frisi (13 April 1728 – 22 November 1784) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer.[1]
Biography
Frisi was born in
King of Sardinia to the professorship of philosophy in the College of Casale. His friendship with Radicati, a man of liberal opinions, occasioned Frisi's removal by his clerical superiors to Novara, where he was compelled to do duty as a preacher.[1]
In 1753 he was elected a corresponding member of the
Royal Society of London, and in 1758 a member of the Academy of Berlin, in 1766 of that of Stockholm, and in 1770 of the Academies of Copenhagen and of Bern. From several European crowned heads he received, at various times, marks of special distinction, and the empress Maria Theresa granted him a yearly pension of 100 sequins.[1]
In 1764 he was created professor of mathematics in the palatine schools at Milan, and obtained from Pope
Pius VI the release from ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and authority to become a secular priest. In 1766 he visited France and England, and in 1768 Vienna. His knowledge of hydraulics caused him to be frequently consulted with respect to the management of canals and other watercourses in various parts of Europe. It was through his means that lightning conductors were first introduced into Italy for the protection of buildings.[1]
In 1766, Frisi was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
He died in Milan in 1784. There is a street named after him in Melegnano[4] and a high school in Monza.[5]
Works
- De motu diurno terrae (in Latin). Pisa: Giovanni Paolo Giovannelli & C. 1756.
- Piano de' lavori da farsi per liberare, e assicurare dalle acque le provincie di Bologna, di Ferrara, e di Ravenna. In Lucca: per Vincenzo Giuntini, a spese di Giovanni Riccomini. 1761.
- Del modo di regolare i fiumi, e i torrenti, principalmente del bolognese, e della Romagna. In Lucca: per Vincenzo Giuntini, a spese di Giovanni Riccomini. 1762.
- De gravitate universali corporum (in Latin). Milano: Giuseppe Galeazzi. 1768.
- De' canali navigabili trattato del P. D. Paolo Frisi. In Firenze: nella Stamperia Granducale per Gaetano Cambiagi. 1770.
- Cosmographiae physicae et mathematicae (in Latin). Milano: Giuseppe Marelli. 1775.
- Instituzioni di meccanica, d'idrostatica, d'idrometria e dell' architettura statica e idraulica (in Italian). Milano: Giuseppe Galeazzi. 1777.
- Elogio del cavaliere Isacco Newton. 1778.
- Elogio del signor D'Alembert. In Milano: appresso Giuseppe Galeazzi regio stampatore. 1786.
- Algebra e geometrica analitica (1782)
- Meccanica (1783)
- Saggio della morale filosofica
- Elogio di Galileo Galilei e di Bonaventura Cavalieri
See also
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frisi, Paolo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.
- ^ Antinio Frisi, Cassiciaco.it, Retrieved 27 August 2015
- ^ Фризи Паоло, аббат // Russian Academy of Sciences
- ^ Via Frisi di Melegnano
- ^ Liceo Paolo Frisi di Monza
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