Nicolò Arrighetti

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Nicolò Arrighetti
Born	March 17, 1709 Florence, Italy
Died	January 31, 1767
Citizenship	Austrian1
Ethnicity	Italian
Institutions	Spoleto, Prato, Siena
Known for	theories of light, heat and electricity
Religious stance	Roman Catholic
Notes 1Florence was under Austrian rule at this time

Nicolò Arrighetti (March 17, 1709 – January 31, 1767) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1709. On October 21, 1724 he became a member of the Society of Jesus; he taught natural philosophy in Spoleto, Prato and Siena. He died in 1767.

His surviving works include treatises on theories of light, heat and electricity and on the causes of the movement of mercury in barometers.

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• This article incorporates text from the entry Nicolò Arrighetti in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.