Historic streetlight by Pignone
Pietro Benini was an italian engineer, entrepreneur and industrial engineering manager. Benini inherited from his father the “Fonderia del Pignone” (Pignone Foundry) In 1856 Pietro Benini produced in his factory the first version of the internal combustion engine designed and biult by Eugenio Barsanti e Felice Matteucci.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, entrepreneur, engine.