Giovanni Cantoni
{{Short description|Italian physicist}}
Giovanni Cantoni (31 December 1818 – 15 July 1897) was an Italian physicist and political figure.
Life
He taught at the University of Pavia, where Carlo Marangoni 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. In 1872, he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-cantoni/ Treccani.it] Short biography
Works in physics
File:Giovanni Cantoni – I principj fisici della idrostatica, 1868 - BEIC 6289626.tif
- Lezioni su le condizioni fisiche della elasticità, 1867 – Lessons on the physical conditions of elasticity.
- {{Cite book|title=Lezioni di fisica|volume=|publisher=Vallardi|location=Milano|year=1866|language=it|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=12114322}}
- {{cite book |title=I principj fisici della idrostatica|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=6289626|location=Pavia|via=Stabilimento tipografico in ditta eredi Bizzoni di Luigi Royer-Collard|date=1868}}
- Su alcuni principj di elettrostatica, 1873 – On some principles of electrostatics.[http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Cantoni%2C+Giovanni%2C+1818-1897%22 OCLC Classify] published works
- {{Cite book|title=Elementi di fisica|volume=|publisher=Vallardi|location=Milano|year=1885|language=it|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=11935459}}
Cantoni, Giovanni – Elementi di fisica, 1885 – BEIC 11935459.jpg|Elementi di fisica, 1885
References
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External links
- [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-cantoni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Biography at Treccani.it] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:19th-century Italian physicists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Pavia
Category:Deputies of Legislature X of the Kingdom of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XI of the Kingdom of Italy
Category:Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
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