Famiano Michelini

Famiano Michelini SchP (31 August 1604 – 20 January 1665) was an Italian mathematician, mainly interested in hydraulics.

[1] Born in Rome in 1604, Famiano Michelini studied in Genoa among the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools,[2] his math teacher was Antonio Santini.

Galileo Galilei gave him a covering letter.

He was then vicar of the Bishop of Patti, Sicily and he became the mathematician of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici, who financed his research.

Famiano Michelini was the first scientist to hypothesize a theory on active defense against corrosion of the river banks through the use of sprockets[3] and he was never invited to the Cimento Academy.