Leonardo Ximenes
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| Born | 27 December 1716 Trapani, Italy |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Leonardo Ximenes SJ (Latin: Leonardus Ximenius; 27 December 1716 – 3 May 1786) was a Italian Roman Catholic priest,[1] mathematician, engineer, astronomer and geographer from Sicily.
After having attended a Jesuit school, he became a mathematician, a hydraulic and civil engineer, and was an eminently respected astronomer in his day. The astronomical observatory, Osservatorio Ximeniano in Florence, is named after him in recognition of his services to the field. As a hydraulic engineer, he is known for building canals, including the Imperial Canal in Tuscany. These canals were part of an effort to drain the Lago di Bientina, at the time the largest lake in Tuscany.
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Ximenes - Terza memoria idrometrica, 1763 - 2046746 303033 00005.tif
Terza memoria idrometrica, 1763
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Leonardo Ximenes – Nuove sperienze idrauliche fatte ne canali, 1780 - BEIC 12806942.tif
Nuove esperienze idrauliche, 1780
Notes
- ↑ "XIMENES, Leonardo", Enciclopedia Italiana (1937).
References
- Pult Quaglia, Anna Maria (2020). "Ximenes, Leonardo." In: Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Vol. 100. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
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