Andrea Argoli (1570–1657), born in

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, was a versatile

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. He was a

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and

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, and medical writer. His father was Ottavio and his son,

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. He was professor of mathematics at the

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, from 1622 to 1627, and then the

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1632 to 1657. His astrology pupils may have included Placido Titi,Baigent, Michael. "Placidus and the Rosicrucian Connection."
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Biography

Andrea Argoli was born at

in the

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about 1568. He studied

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and

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; and all that is known of him is, that he was obliged to leave his country by the efforts of those who were hostile to him, some say for his talents, others for his astrology; that retired to

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, the

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of which made him professor of

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; and that he died at Padua later than 1650. The astronomical

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which he published, extending as far as the year 1700, gave an extent and permanence to his reputation which his other writings would not have obtained alone.

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(''Astr. Mod.'' vol. ii. p. 514) has bestowed three pages upon Argoli, who, it appears, was not well informed on what had been done in his own time, and is aptly described as “one of those laborious men who wrote long works for the use of astronomers, and particularly of those who were also astrologers.” His opinion that

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only facilitated easy operations, but made complicated ones more difficult, is better worth preserving for its singularity than any one of his writings for its utility.

Works

Argoli, Andrea – Ptolemaeus parvus, 1652 – BEIC 13251624

* ''Tabulæ Primi Mobilis'', Rome, 1610. * ''Secundorum Mobilium Tabulæ'', Padua, 1634. * ''Pandosium Sphæricum'', Padua, 1644. ** * *''De Diebus Criticis'', Padua, 1652; with various smaller works and second editions (all in 4º). a list of which is in Lalande's ''Bibliographie Astronomique''. The Ephemerides were published as follows: from 1621 to 1640, at Rome in 1621; from 1631 to 1680, at Padua in 1638; from 1648 to 1700, at Rome in 1647. Those from 1661 to 1700 were reprinted at

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as late as 1677. * *

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