Frisi

Paolo Frisi

Born: 13 April 1728 in Milan, Austrian Habsburg (now Italy)
Died: 22 Nov 1784 in Milan, Italy

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Paolo Frisi was a member of the Barnabite religious order and professor at the University of Milan. He studied kinematics and hydraulics and he was responsible for the canal built between Milan and Pavia.

He also wrote on the contributions of Galileo, Cavalieri, Newton and d'Alembert and brought their ideas to a wide audience. His major work on hydraulics is Del modo di regolare i fiumi, e i torrenti written in 1762. Frisi was also editor of the newspaper Il caffè .

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. P Verri, Obituary of Paolo Frisi, Operette scelte (Milan, 1825).
  4. G Barbarisi (ed.), Ideologia e scienza nell'opera di Paolo Frisi (1728-1784) (Milan, 1987). 
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