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Italian physicist (1618–1663)

Francesco Maria Grimaldi (April 2, 1618 – December 28, 1663) was an Italian mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was the first to make accurate observations on the diffraction of light.

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Alternative Names: Francesco Maria Grimaldi, SJ

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Lumen aliquando per sui communicationem reddit obscuriorem superficiem corporis aliunde, ac prius illustratam.

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Occasionally, light added to itself may give obscure surfaces on a body that has already received light.

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