Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis
Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis (Frenchified as Joseph Antoine Borgnis) 1781–1863, was an Italian engineer, professor of Applied mathematics and then of Architecture at the University of Pavia. His book Théorie de la mécanique usuelle is considered by historian Donald Cardwell to be one of the great engineering textbooks of the early 19th century.[1]
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Composition des machines, 1818
Biography[]
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Works[]
- Traité complet de mécanique appliquée aux art, 1818
- Composition des machines (in French). 1. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1818.
- Des machines employées dans les constructions diverses (in French). 2. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1818.
- Des machines employées dans diverses fabrications (in French). 3. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1819.
- Mouvemens des fardeaux (in French). 4. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1818.
- Des machines imitatives et des machines théâtrales (in French). 5. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1820.
- Des machines qui servent a confectionner les étoffes (in French). 6. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1820.
- Des machines hydrauliques (in French). 7. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1819.
- Des machines d'agriculture (in French). 8. Paris. Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. 1819.
- Théorie de la mécanique usuelle, ou Introduction à l'étude de la mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1821.
- Traité élémentaire de construction appliquée à l'architecture civile, 1823; 1838.
- Dictionnaire de mécanique appliquée aux arts, 1823.
- Elementi di statica architettonica, 1842.
References[]
- ^ D. Cardwell: The Norton History of Technology, Norton (1995)
Categories:
- French engineers
- 1863 deaths
- 1781 births
- Italian engineers
- People from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola