Domenico Cocoli

1747-1812
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Intro1747-1812
PlacesItaly
wasMathematician Scientist Physicist
Work fieldMathematics Science
Gender
Male
Birth1747, Brescia, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Death1812Brescia, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy (aged 65 years)
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Biography

Proposizioni fisico-matematiche, 1775

Domenico Cocoli (1747–1812) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, especially active on hydraulics. He was a top physicist of the late Republic of Venice, then of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.

Biography

Born in Brescia in 1747, he begun studying architecture and later was awarded a pension by a wealthy patron to continue his studies. In 1774 he had the chair of physics and mathematics. In 1777 he published his Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry. 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. Until 1797 he carried out various assignments. In 1802 he was appointed member of the Collegio dei Dotti of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.

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