Paolo Casati ‘s “Fabrica et vso del compasso di proportione” Frontpaget
Paolo Casati (in Latin, Paulus Casatus) was an Italian Jesuit mathematician. Born in Piacenza to a Milanese family, he joined the Jesuits in 1634. After completing his mathematical and theological studies, he moved to Rome, where he assumed the position of professor at the Collegio Romano. He was given the chair in mathematics after teaching philosophy and theology. He was also interested in mechanics, publishing a text in 1684.
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