Giovanni Caselli (physicist)
Giovanni Caselli (born May 25, 1815 in Siena , † October 5, 1891 in Florence ) was an Italian physicist .
Caselli was initially mainly politically active. Later he tried to bring physical knowledge to wide sections of the population. To this end, he founded the magazine La recreazione .
Caselli invented a as pantelegraph designated copying telegraph , which he in 1855 England and France patented left. Pantelegraphs were used in French telegraph offices on the Paris - Amiens (140 km) and Paris - Marseille (1000 km) lines until 1871.
literature
- Kurt Jäger, Friedrich Heilbronner: Lexicon of electrical engineers . 2nd Edition. VDE Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8007-2903-6 .
- Julia Zons: Casellis Pantelegraph: History of a Forgotten Medium . transcript 2015, ISBN 978-3837631166 .
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caselli, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siena |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1891 |
| Place of death | Florence |