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Nicolo Arrighetti

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Died
  
January 31, 1767

Institutions
  
Spoleto, Prato, Siena

Citizenship
  
Austrian

Name
  
Nicolo Arrighetti

Known for
  
theories of light, heat and electricity

Nicolo Arrighetti (March 17, 1709 – January 31, 1767) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1709. On October 21, 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.

References

Nicolo Arrighetti Wikipedia