Giovanni Cantoni (31 December 1818 – 15 July 1897) was an Italian

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and political figure.

Life

He taught at the

University of Pavia The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...

, where

Carlo Marangoni Carlo Giuseppe Matteo Marangoni (29 April 1840 – 14 April 1925) was an Italian physicist. Biography Marangoni graduated in 1865 from the University of Pavia under the supervision of Giovanni Cantoni with a dissertation entitled "" ("On the spr ...

was among his students, and headed the Italian metrological service from 1865–1878. In 1848, he participated in the Five Days of Milan and directed the secretary of defense committee for the provisional government of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

. In 1872, he became a member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

Works in physics

* ''Lezioni su le condizioni fisiche della elasticità'', 1867 – Lessons on the physical conditions of

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. * * * ''Su alcuni principj di elettrostatica'', 1873 – On some principles of

electrostatics Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies electric charges at rest (static electricity). Since classical times, it has been known that some materials, such as amber, attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word for amber ...

.OCLC Classify
published works * Cantoni, Giovanni – Elementi di fisica, 1885 – BEIC 11935459.jpg, ''Elementi di fisica'', 1885

References

External links

Biography at Treccani.it
1818 births 1897 deaths 19th-century Italian physicists Academic staff of the University of Pavia Deputies of Legislature X of the Kingdom of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of the Kingdom of Italy Italian Freemasons Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour {{Italy-physicist-stub