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FRANCESCO INGx1RAMr (1772—1846), a distinguished archaeologist, fought in the See also:

French See also:

WARS

wars (1799), and afterwards devoted himself especially to the study of See also:

ETRUSCAN

Etruscan antiquities. He founded a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at See also:

FIESOLE (anc. Faesulae, q.v.)

Fiesole and collected, though without See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical insight, a See also:

mass of valuable material in his Monumenti etruschi (10 vols., 1820-1827), Galleria arterial (3 vols., 1829—1851), Pitture di vasi fittili (1831—1837), Museo etrusco chiusino (2 vols., 1833), and the incomplete Sloria della Toscana (1841—1845): these See also:

WORKS

works were elaborately illustrated. His See also:

BROTHER

brother, GIOVANNI INGIIRAMI (1779—1851), was an astronomer of repute. He was See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy at the See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute founded by Ximenes in See also:

Florence and published beside a number of See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books Effemeridi dell' occultazione delle piccole stelle sotto la See also:

TACNA

Tacna (1809—1830); Effemeridi di Venese e See also:

GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

Glove all' use de' naviganti (1821—1824) Tavole astronomichi universali portatili (1811); See also:

BASE

Base trigonometrica misuratain Toscana (1:818); Carta topografica e geometrica della Toscana (183o).

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