About Nicolò Arrighetti
Lived 1709 – 1767 (aged 57). Nicolò Arrighetti was an astronomer, physicist and philosopher.
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.
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Who was Nicolò Arrighetti?
Jesuit, natural philosopher
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Nicolò Arrighetti was born on 17 March 1709 in Florence.
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Nicolò Arrighetti died on 31 January 1767 in Siena.
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Nicolò Arrighetti was an astronomer, physicist and philosopher.
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