Felice Matteucci
(1808-1887)
Died aged 79
Wikidata WikipediaFelice Matteucci (February 12, 1808 – September 13, 1887) was an Italian hydraulic engineer who co-invented an internal combustion engine with Eugenio Barsanti. Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in London's Morning Journal under the title "Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci, Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gases", as documented by the Fondazione Barsanti e Matteucci.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
In questa casa paterna nacque il 12 Febbraio 1808 Felice Matteucci Fisico matematico idraulico peritissimo inventore Col P. Euginio Barsanti da Pietrasanta del motore a scoppio Il loro nome sarebbe piu noto se gli stranieri non avessero ad ambedue rapito con linvenzione la gloria La Reale Accademia Lucchese Il Comune di Lucca Posero il 12 Giugno 1932
English translation: In this paternal home he was born on 12 February 1808 Felice Matteucci Very precise hydraulic mathematical physicist inventor With Fr. Euginio Barsanti da Pietrasanta of the petrol engine Their name would be better known if the foreigners did not have to both kidnapped with the invention the glory The Royal Lucchese Academy The City of Lucca They placed June 12, 1932
Ristorante Giglio - Piazza del Giglio, Lucca, Italy where they was born (1808)