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Boscovich, Roger Joseph

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An Italian mathematician and astronomer, born at Ragusa; entered the Order of the Jesuits; was professor in Pavia, and afterwards at Milan; discovered the equator of the sun and the period of its rotation; advocated the molecular theory of physics, with which his name is associated; died insane (1701-1787).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boscovich, Roger Joseph'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/boscovich-roger-joseph.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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