Francesco Eschinardi
Reverend Francesco Eschinardi | |
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Titlepage of Eschinardi's Centuria Problematum Opticorum, Rome, 1666 | |
| Born | 13 December 1623 |
| Died | 12 January 1703 (aged 79) Rome, Papal States |
| Other names | Costanzo Amichevoli |
| Occupations | Jesuit priest, university teacher, mathematician, physicist |
| Known for | Development of the thermometer |
| Parent | Pietro Eschinardi |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Optics, astronomy, experimental physics |
| Institutions | Roman College |
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Francesco Eschinardi, (also known under the pseudonym Costanzo Amichevoli; 13 December 1623 – 12 January 1703), was an Italian Jesuit, physicist and mathematician.