Antonio Pacinotti
Antonio Pacinotti (born June 17, 1841 in Pisa , † March 25, 1912 in Pisa) was an Italian physicist and professor of physics in Pisa.
He studied physics, especially electricity and magnetism, under Riccardo Felici (1819–1902) at the University of Pisa , and obtained his doctorate in 1859. In 1861 he became an assistant at the physics laboratory at the University of Pisa and, after having been a teacher in Bologna for a few years , in 1873 professor of experimental physics at the University of Cagliari . In 1882 he was able to return to the University of Pisa as a professor of physics, where he taught until his death.
In 1860 he constructed a magneto-electric machine , an electric generator , based on the principle of the ring armature , and published his work in the Zeitschrift für Physik in 1865 . Although he exhibited it at the international electricity exhibition in Paris in 1881 and 1884 in Turin, where it was also awarded, he was unsuccessful. His device, constructed in 1863, worked as both a generator and a motor; previously this mutual interchangeability was not generally recognized.
In 1871 Zénobe Gramme also devised a ring anchor machine, found sponsors for it, and is therefore celebrated as an inventor.
In 1862 he was one of the discoverers of the Swift-Tuttle comet .
In 1881 Pacinotti was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . In 1898 he became a full member of the Accademia dei Lincei , of which he had been a corresponding member since 1883. Since 1886 he was also a member of the Società Italiana delle scienze, detta dei Xl , to which he was elected at the same time as Robert Wilhelm Bunsen . In 1905 he was appointed senator and in 1911 president of the Italian electrotechnical society.
literature
- Claudio Luperini: Pacinotti, Antonio. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 80: Ottone I-Pansa. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2014.
Web links
- University of Pisa: Anthology of Italian Physics (1855-1944): Pacinotti Antonio (1841-1912) (Engl.)
- Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
- Publications by Antonio Pacinotti in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
- Standard entry in the Opac of the SBN
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Shelton Kirby: Engineering in History . Courier Corporation, 1990, pp. 354 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Election files in the inventory of the academy archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pacinotti, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pisa |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1912 |
| Place of death | Pisa |