Matteucci, Felice (1808 - 1887)

Inventor, designer

Felice Matteucci was an italian engineer. Felice Matteucci was who together with Eugenio Barsanti invented the first version of the internal combustion engine in 1853. Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in London's Morning Journal under the tile "Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci, Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gasses",
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Matteucci, Felice

Curriculum vitae

* 12.02.1808	Lucca	born
1825		He studied Mechanics in Florence and Paris
1853		He and Barsanti designed first internal combustion engine
1854		He and Barsanti patented their engine project
† 13.09.1887	Capannori, Lucca	died

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Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

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Matteucci, Felice (1808 - 1887)