Domenico Cocoli

Domenico Cocoli (1747–1812) 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]

Proposizioni fisico-matematiche, 1775

Biography

Born in Brescia in 1747, he begun 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
  • Cocoli, Domenico (1775). Proposizioni fisico-matematiche (in Italian). In Brescia: Francesco Ragnoli.

See also

References
  1. "Domenico Cocoli". WorldCat.org.
  2. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". d-nb.info (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. Giambattista Corniani (1833). I secoli della letteratura italiana dopo il suo risorgimento (in Italian). coi tipi di Vincenzo Ferrario. p. 463.
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