Felice Matteucci

Felice Matteucci (* 12. February 1808 in Lucca , † 13. September 1887 in Capannori ) was an Italian hydraulic - engineering and, together with Eugenio Barsanti inventor of an internal combustion engine . It is not known if they were the first because the patent in question has been lost.

life and work

Sfioratori a stramazzo per moderare le piene dei fiumi (1875)

Born in Lucca, Matteucci studied hydraulics and mechanical engineering, first in Paris , then later in Florence . In 1851 he met Father Barsanti and took up his ideas for a new type of machine. They worked together for a lifetime to develop a manufacturable object from an initial concept.

After Barsanti's death in 1864 and as a result of the lack of recognition for their machine, he returned to his previous job as a hydraulic engineer. He built new hydrometers (to measure the water level in a river), rain gauges , and did hydraulic work on rivers.

In 1877 Matteucci claimed that he and his partner Barsanti were the first to invent the internal combustion engine. Nikolaus August Otto's patent was very similar to Barsanti-Matteucci's design. The frustration contributed to the illness that eventually led to Matteucci's death at his own home in Capannori, near Lucca, Tuscany .

literature

Emilio Borchi, Renzo Macii, Giacomo Ricci: Barsanti & Matteucci (1853-2003). The fathers of the internal combustion engine; a groundbreaking invention of modernity . Salon-Literaturverlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-9809635-6-X .

swell

↑ La documentazione essenziale per l'attribuzione della scoperta The request bears the no.700 of Volume VII of the Patent Office of the Reign of Piedmont. We do not have the text of the patent request, only a photo of the table which contains a drawing of the engine. We do not even know if it was a new patent or an extension of the patent granted three days earlier, on December 30 1857, at Turin.

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Felice Matteucci

personal data
SURNAME	Matteucci, Felice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian hydraulic engineer and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lucca
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1887
Place of death	Capannori

[1] La documentazione essenziale per l'attribuzione della scoperta The request bears the no.700 of Volume VII of the Patent Office of the Reign of Piedmont. We do not have the text of the patent request, only a photo of the table which contains a drawing of the engine. We do not even know if it was a new patent or an extension of the patent granted three days earlier, on December 30 1857, at Turin.