Nicolò Arrighetti
| Nicolò Arrighetti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 March 1709 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 31 January 1767 (aged 57) |
| Known for | Theories of light, heat and electricity |
Nicolò Arrighetti (17 March 1709 – 31 January 1767) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1709. On 21 October 1724 he became a member of the Society of Jesus; he taught natural philosophy in Spoleto, Prato and Siena. He died in 1767.
His surviving works include treatises on theories of light, heat and electricity and on the causes of the movement of mercury in barometers.
See also
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Nicolò Arrighetti — A professor of natural philosophy at Spoleto, Prato, and Sienna, b. at Florence, 17 March, 1709; d. 31 January, 1767. He entered the Society of Jesus, 31 October, 1724. He has left treatises on the theory of light, heat, and electricity, and also on the causes of the movement of mercury in the barometer. We have also from him a discourse known as "Il Baron di Van-Esden; ovvero la Republica degli Increduli da P. Michel Angelo Marini dell'Ordine de'Minimi, dall'Idioma Franzese tradotta.
Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la c. de J., I, 581; Mazzuchelli; Carrara; Beorchia, Notes bibliog.