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Fabrizio Mordente
1532-00-00 – 1608-01-01
Life & Legacy
Fabrizio Mordente (Salerno, 1532 – ca 1608) was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for his invention of the "proportional eight-pointed compass" which has two arms with cursors that allow the solution of problems in measuring the circumference, area and angles of a circle. In 1567 he published a single sheet treatise in Venice showing illustrations of his device.
Occupation & Career
mathematician, philosopher, inventor
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1390868 — wikidata View source
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