SCIPIONE See also:

• SCIPIONE BREISLAK (1748-1826)

BREISLAK (1748-1826)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian geologist of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German parentage, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1748 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early distinguished himself as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of mathematical and See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa; but after residing there forseveral years he returned to his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, where he became a professor in the Collegio Nazareno, and began to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• FINE

fine mineralogical See also:

• CABINET

cabinet in that institution . His leisure was dedicated to See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological researches in the papal states . His See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the aluminous See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• TOLFA

Tolfa and adjacent hills, published in 1786, gained for him the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, who invited him to inspect the, mines and similar See also:

• WORKS

works in that See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and appointed him professor of See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy to the royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery . The vast works for the refining of See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur in the volcanic district of See also:

• SOLFATARA

Solfatara were erected under his direction . He afterwards made many journeys through the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania to illustrate its See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, and published in 1798 his Topografia fisica della Campania, which contains the results of much accurate observation . See also:

• BREISLAK, SCIPIONE (1748-1826)

Breislak also published an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the seven hills of Rome, which he regarded as the remains of a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano,—an See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion shown to be erroneous by the later researches of G . B . See also:

• BROCCHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1772-1826)

Brocchi . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• CONVULSIONS

convulsions of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1799 brought Breislak to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he remained until 1802, when, being appointed inspector of the See also:

• SALTPETRE (from the Lat. sal, salt, Petra, a rock)

saltpetre and See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder manufactories near See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, he removed to that city . The See also:

• MINERAL

mineral Breislakite was named after him . He died on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1826 .

His other publications include:—Introduzione alla geologia (1811, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ed . 1819); Traite sur la structure exterieure du globe, 3 vols. and See also:

• ATLAS

atlas (Milan, 1818, 1822); Descrizione geologica della provincia di Milano (1822) .