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Encyclopedia > Antonio Pacinotti

Antonio Pacinotti (Pisa, June 7, 1841 - Pisa, May 22, 1912) was a Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa. Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... take you to calendar). ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A Superconductor demonstrating the Meissner Effect. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...


He is best known for inventing an improved form of direct-current electrical generator, or dynamo, which he described in a paper published in Il Nuovo Cimento of 1865. It used a ring armature around which was wrapped a coil of wire, to produce a smoother current than that available from previous types of dynamo. He found that the device could also be used as an electric motor. Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... An electrical generator is a device that produces electrical energy from a mechanical energy source. ... Dynamo can refer to more than one item. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Electric motors of various sizes. ...


In July 1862, Pacinotti was one of several independent discoverers of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Comet Hale-Bopp For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). ... Comet Swift-Tuttle (formally designated as 109P/Swift-Tuttle) was independently discovered by Lewis Swift on July 16, 1862 and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on July 19, 1862. ...


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Pacinotti (539 words)
Antonio Pacinotti was born in Pisa on June 17, 1841.
Antonio Pacinotti was also Professor of Architecture and rural Hydraulics for several years, Member of the Academy of Lincei on 1898, Senator of Italian Parliament on 1905, President of Italian electro-technical Society on 1911.
Pacinotti wrapped a ring of iron with a continuous coil of wire to form an armature.
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