Giovanni Pagnini
Giovanni Pagnini was an 18th-century Maltese mathematician and hydrographer.[1][2]
He was a member of the Knights Hospitaller.[1]
Born in Lucca, Italy, Pagnini came to Malta known as the "Hydrographer of the Order" and the knowledge he brought was instrumental in the foundation of Malta's School of Navigation.[3]
Pagnini mainly expanded on theoretical mathematics, but his text Compasso di Proporzioni is focused on detailing new compass-like tools (ex: "La Linea Aritmetica", "La Linea dei Piani[o] Linea Geometrica", "La Linea Cubica [o] Linea de Solidi") for construction and navigation purposes.[3]
Works
[edit]- Pagnini, Giovanni (1724). Compendio di Trigonometria Piana (in Italian).
- Pagnini, Giovanni (1728). Trionfo in Mare ossia Scuola di CommandareArmate e Vascelli da Guerra, cosi per la manovra come per Caccia e Combattere il Nemico (in Italian).
- Pagnini, Giovanni. Dell'Estrazione delle radici quadrati e cube (in Italian).
- Pagnini, Giovanni (1750). Trattato della sfera, ed introduzione alla navigazione per uso de' piloti (in Italian). Venice: Giovanni Battista Recurti.
- Pagnini, Giovanni (1753). Costruzione ed uso del compasso di proporzione (in Italian). Naples: Ignazio Russo.
References
[edit]- 1 2 D'Ayala, Mariano (1854). Bibliografia militare italiana antica e moderna (in Italian). Turin: Stamperia Reale. p. 177.
- ↑ Memorie della Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (in Italian). Vol. 4. Bologna: Tip. Gamberini e Parmeggiani. 1882. p. 500.
- 1 2 Malta - a case study in international cross-currents (PDF). Malta University Publications. 13–17 December 1989. pp. 130–133. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
See also
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