Domenico Cocoli
Italian mathematician and physicist (1747–1812)
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Domenico Cocoli (Brescia, 12 August 1747 – 27 November 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]
Biography
Born in Brescia in 1747, he began 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
- Proposizioni fisico-matematiche (in Italian). Brescia: Francesco Ragnoli. 1775.
- Dissertazione sopra il quesito Stabilire la vera teoria delle acque uscenti da' fori aperti ne' vasi, e mostrare in quai circostanze possa ella applicarsi alle acque correnti negli alvei naturali (in Italian). Brescia: Pasini. 1783.
- Elementi di geometria e trigonometria ad uso delle scuole pubbliche dell'illustrissima città di Brescia (in Italian). Brescia: Pasini. 1792.