Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis

Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis (Frenchified as Joseph Antoine Borgnis) 1781–1863, was an Italian engineer professor of Applied mathematics and then of Architecture at the University of Pavia. His book 'Theorie de la Mecanique Usuelle' is considered by historian Donald Cardwell to be one of the great engineering textbooks of the early 19th century.[1]

Publications
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Des machines employées dans les constructions diverses, 1818
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Traité complet de mécanique appliquée aux art, 1818
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Des machines d'agriculture, 1819
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Traité complet de mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1819
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Traité complet de mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1820
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Théorie de la mécanique usuelle, ou Introduction à l'étude de la mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1821
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Traité élémentaire de construction appliquée à l'architecture civile, 1823
  • J.-A. Borgnis: Dictionnaire de mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1823

References
  1. D. Cardwell: The Norton History of Technology, Norton (1995)
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