See also:

• PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

PAOLO See also:

• PAOLO FRISI (1728—1784)

FRISI (1728—1784)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian mathematician and astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

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

Milan on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1728 . He was educated at the Barnabite monastery and afterwards at See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua . When twenty-one years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he composed a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the figure of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and the reputation which he soon acquired led to his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment by 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:

• SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia to the professorship of See also:

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

philosophy in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Casale . His friend-See also:

• SHIP

ship with Radicati, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of liberal opinions, occasioned See also:

• FRISI, PAOLO (1728—1784)

Frisi's removal by his clerical superiors to See also:

• NOVARA

Novara, where he was compelled to do See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty as a preacher . In 1753 he was elected a corresponding member of the 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 See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, and shortly afterwards he became See also:

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

professor of philosophy in the Barnabite College of St See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander at Milan . An acrimonious attack by a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Jesuit, about this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, upon his dissertation on the figure of the earth laid the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of his animosity against the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, with whose enemies, including J. d'See also:

• ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND

Alembert, J . A . N . See also:

• CONDORCET, MARIE JEAN ANTOINE NICOLAS CARITAT, MARQUIS DE (1743-1794)

Condorcet and other Encyclopedists, he later closely associated himself . In 1756 he was appointed by See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold, See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, to the professorship of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics in the university of See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa, a See also:

• POST

post which he held for eight years . In 1757 he became an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the Imperial Academy of St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, and a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign member of the Royal Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, and in 1758 a member of the Academy of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, in 1766 of that of See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, and in 1770 of the See also:

• ACADEMIES

Academies of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen and of See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern . From several See also:

• EUROPEAN

European crowned heads he received, at various times, marks of See also:

• SPECIAL

special distinction, and the empress Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa granted him a yearly See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of too sequins (5o) .

In 1764 he was created professor of mathematics in the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools at Milan, and obtained from See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• PIUS

Pius VI. See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release from ecclesiastical See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction, and authority to become a See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest . In 1766 he visited See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 1768 See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . In 1777 he became director of a school of See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture at Milan . His knowledge of See also:

• HYDRAULICS (Gr. iS&,p, water, and ai,Xos, a pipe)

hydraulics caused him to be frequently consulted with respect to the management of canals and other watercourses in various parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . It was through his means that See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning-conductors were first introduced into See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of buildings . He died on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1784 . His publications include:—Disquisitio mathematica in causam physicam figurae et magnitudinis terrae (Milan, 1751) ; , Saggio 'della morale filosofia (See also:

• LUGANO (Ger. Lauis)
• LUGANO, LAKE OF (also called CERESIO)

Lugano, 1753) ; Nova electricitatis theoria (Milan, 1755) ; Dissertatio de motu diurno terrae (Pisa, 1758) ; Dissertationes variae (2 vols . 4to, See also:

• LUCCA (anc. Luca)
• LUCCA, BAGNI DI (Baths of Lucca, formerly Bagno a Corsena)

Lucca, 1759, 1761); Del modo di regolare i fiumi e i torrenli (Lucca, 1762); Cosmographia physica et mathematica (Milan, 1774, 1775, 2 vols . 4to, his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORK

work) ; Dell' architetlura, statica e idraulica (Milan, 1777) ; and other See also:

• TREATISES

treatises . See Verri, Memorie . . . del signor dom See also:

• PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

Paolo Frisi (Milan, 1787), 4to; See also:

• FABBRONI, ANGELO (1732-1803)

Fabbroni, Elogj d' illustri Italiani," Atti di Milano, vol. ii.; J . C .

See also:

• POGGENDORFF, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1796-1877)

Poggendorff, Biograph. litierar . Ilandworterbuch, vol. i .