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Poleni, Giovanni (1683 - 1761)


 
Teacher, founder

Mathematician, engineer and expert of hydraulics and architecture, he studied the works of Vitruvio and Frontino. He founded the first Physical laboratory in an Italian University. Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, hidraulics, Vitruvius, Frontinus.
   
variant spelling:
Poleni, Giovanni
   
Curriculum vitae  
* 23.08.1683 Venezia born
1710 He is apponted professor of astronomyin Padova
1715 He is apponted professor of physics in Padova
1722 he publishes a comment to Frontino “Aqaueductibus urbis Romae”
1739 He publishes a comment to Vitruvio “De Architectura”
† 15.11.1761 Padova died
Collections
Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780
Literature
 
thumbnail of23059009 De aquaeductibus urbis Romae
Author: Frontinus, Sextus Iulius
Published: 1722
 
Secondary literature
 
thumbnail of33985009 Giovanni Poleni bibliography
Author: Ceccarelli, Marco
Published: 2013
 
Images
 
Poleni_Portrait
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