GIOVANNI BATTISTA See also:

• GIOVANNI BATTISTA BROCCHI (1772-1826)

BROCCHI (1772-1826)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian mineralogist and geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BASSANO
• BASSANO, JACOPO DA PONTE (1510-1592)

Bassano on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1772 . He studied at the university of See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa, where his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was turned to See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany . In 1802 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of botany in the new See also:

• LYCEUM

lyceum of See also:

• BRESCIA
• BRESCIA (anc. Brixia)

Brescia; but he more especially devoted himself to See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological researches in the adjacent districts . The fruits of these labours appeared in different publications, particularly in his Trattato mineralogico e chemico sulle miniere di Ferro del dipartimento del Mella (18o8)—See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines of Mella . These researches procured him the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of inspector of mines in the recently established See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and enabled him to extend his investigations over See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In 1811 he produced a valuable 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 entitled Memoria mineralogica See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

sulla See also:

• VALLE, PIETRO DELLA (1586–1652)

Valle di Fassa in Tirolo; but his most important See also:

• WORK

work is the Conchiologia fossile subapennina See also:

• CON

con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini, e sul suolo adiacente (2 vols., 4to, See also:

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

Milan, 1814), containing accurate details of the structure of the Apennine range, and an See also:

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

account of the fossils of the Italian See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary strata compared with existing See also:

• SPECIES

species . These subjects were further illustrated by his geognostic See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map, and his Catalogo ragionato di una raccolta di rocce, disposto con ordine geografico, per servire alla geognosia dell' Italia (Milan, 1817) . His work Dello stato fisico del suolo di See also:

• ROMA

Roma (182o), with its accompanying map, is likewise noteworthy . In it he corrected the erroneous views of See also:

• BREISLAK, SCIPIONE (1748-1826)

Breislak, who conceived that See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome occupies the site of a See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano, to which he ascribed the volcanic materials that See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the seven hills . See also:

• BROCCHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1772-1826)

Brocchi pointed out that these materials were derived either from Mont Albano, an See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct volcano, 12 M. from the See also:

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

city, or from Mont Cimini, still farther to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . Several papers by him, on mineralogical subjects, appeared in the Biblioteca Italiana from 1816 to 1823 . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year Brocchi sailed for See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to explore the See also:

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

geology of that country and See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on its See also:

• MINERAL

mineral resources .

Every facility was granted by Mehemet See also:

• ALI

Ali, who in 1825 appointed him one of a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to examine the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Sennaar; but Brocchi, unfortunately for See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell a victim to the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, and died at See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1826 .