Domenico Cocoli (Brescia, 12 August 1747 – 27 November 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]
Biography edit
Born in Brescia in 1747, he began 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 edit
- Proposizioni fisico-matematiche (in Italian). Brescia: Francesco Ragnoli. 1775.
- Dissertazione sopra il quesito Stabilire la vera teoria delle acque uscenti da' fori aperti ne' vasi, e mostrare in quai circostanze possa ella applicarsi alle acque correnti negli alvei naturali (in Italian). Brescia: Pasini. 1783.
- Elementi di geometria e trigonometria ad uso delle scuole pubbliche dell'illustrissima città di Brescia (in Italian). Brescia: Pasini. 1792.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Cocoli, Domenico". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Österreich (in German). Vol. 2. Wien: Verlag der typografisch-literarisch-artistischen Anstalt. 1857. pp. 398–399.
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". d-nb.info (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Giambattista Corniani (1833). "Cocoli Domenico". I secoli della letteratura italiana dopo il suo risorgimento (in Italian). Vol. 2. Milano: Vincenzo Ferrario. p. 463.