Giovanni Pagnini

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Giovanni Pagnini was an 18th-century Maltese mathematician and hydrographer. [1] [2]

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  1. D'Ayala, Mariano (1854). Bibliografia militare italiana antica e moderna (in Italian). Turin: Stamperia Reale. p. 177.
  2. Memorie della Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (in Italian). Vol. 4. Bologna: Tip. Gamberini e Parmeggiani. 1882. p. 500.

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