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Carlo Matteucci was born at Forli, in the province of Romagna, Italy, on 21 June 1811, to Vincenzo Matteucci, a physician, and Chiara Folfi. He studied mathematics at the University of Bologna from 1825 to 1828, receiving his doctorate in 1829. From 1829 to 1831 he studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, France. Upon returning to Italy, Mateucci studied at Bologna (1832), Florence, Ravenna (1837) and Pisa. He established himself as the head of the laboratory of the Hospital of Ravenna and became a professor of physics at the local college. In 1840, by recommendation of François Arago (1786-1853), his teacher at the École Polytechnique, to the Grand-Duke of Tuscany, Matteucci accepted a post of professor of physics at the University of Pisa. Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... The University of Bologna (Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is the university of Bologna, in Italy. ... The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Jump to: navigation, search Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, population 134,631 (2001). ... Jump to: navigation, search Pisas coat of arms This article is about Pisa in Italy. ... François Arago François Jean Dominique Arago (February 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria and Marche to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ... The University of Pisa (Italian Università di Pisa) is one of the most renowned Italian universities. ...

Instigated by the work of Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) on bioelectricity, Matteucci began in 1830 a series of experiments which he pursued until his death in 1865. Using a sensitive galvanometer of Nobeli, he was able to prove that injured excitable biological tissues generated direct electrical currents, and that they could be summed up by adding elements in series, like in Alessandro Volta’s (1745-1827) electric pile. Thus, Mateucci was able to develop what he called a "rheoscopic frog", by using the cut nerve of a frog’s leg and its attached muscle as a kind of sensitive electricity detector. In 1846 Mateucci invented of the kymograph, which became widely used in physiology to record physiological phenomena, such as muscle contractions, in function of time. His work in bioelectricity influenced directly the research developed by Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), a student of the great German biologist Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858) in Berlin, who tried the duplicate Matteucci’s experiments and ended up discovering the nerve's action potential. Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani (September 9, 1737–December 4, 1798) was an Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Tangent galvanometer be merged into this article or section. ... In electricity, current is the rate of flow of charges, usually through a metal wire or some other electrical conductor. ... Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 - March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist known especially for the development of the electric battery. ... The Voltaic pile was the first modern electric battery, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. ... Jump to: navigation, search A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers or axons, which includes the glia that ensheath the axons in myelin. ... Jump to: navigation, search Genera Afrana Amietia Amnirana Amolops Aubria Batrachylodes Ceratobatrachus Chaparana Conraua Discodeles Euphlyctis Fejervarya Hildebrandtia Hoplobatrachus Huia Indirana Ingerana Lankanectes Lanzarana Limnonectes Meristogenys Micrixalus Minervarya Nannophrys Nanorana Nyctibatrachus Occidozyga Paa Palmatorappia Platymantis Pseudoamolops Pterorana Ptychadena Pyxicephalus Rana Sphaerotheca Staurois Strongylopus Tomopterna Frogs are amphibians in the Order... Jump to: navigation, search A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. ... A kymograph is a graphical representation of spatial position over time in which a spatial axis represents time. ... Emil du Bois-Reymond. ... Johannes Peter Müller (July 14, 1801, Koblenz – April 28, 1858, Berlin), was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. ... Jump to: navigation, search A. Schematic of an electrophysiological recording of an action potential showing the various phases which occur as the wave passes a point on a cell membrane. ...

From 1847 he took an active part in politics, and in 1860 was chosen an Italian senator, at the same time becoming inspector-general of the Italian telegraph lines. Two years later he was appointed Minister of Education. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

Matteucci died in Ardenza, near Livorno, Italy, on June, 25, 1868.

Works

Mateucci was the author of four scientific treatises in physics:

• Lezioni di fisica (2 vols., Pisa, 1841)
• Lezioni sui fenomeni fisico-chimici dei corpi viventi (Pisa, 1844)
• Manuale di telegrafia elettrica (Pisa, 1850)
• Cours spécial sur l'induction, le magnétisme de rotation, etc. (Paris, 1854).
• Trattato dei fenomeni elettrofisiologici degli animali (1844)
• Corso di elettrofisilogia (1857)

His numerous papers were published in the Annales de chimie et de physique (1829-1858); and most of them also appeared at the time in the Italian scientific journals. They relate almost entirely to electrical phenomena, such as the magnetic rotation of light, the action of gas batteries, the effects of torsion on magnetism, the electric polarization of electrodes, etc., sufficiently complete accounts of which are given in Wiedemann's Galvanismus. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific setting, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ... // Mathmatics In mathematics, the term torsion has several meanings, mostly unrelated to each other. ... Jump to: navigation, search In physics, magnetism is not one of the phenomena by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. ... Jump to: navigation, search An electrode is a conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e. ... Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (October 2, 1826 - March 24, 1899), German physicist, was born at Berlin. ...

Nine memoirs, entitled Electro-Physiological Researches, were published in the Philosophical Transactions, 1845-1860. See Bianchi's Carlo Matteucci el’Italia del suo tempo (Rome, 1874). Jump to: navigation, search 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Bibliography

• Matteucci C., Sur un phenomene physiologique produit par les muscles en contraction. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1842, 6, 339-341

Source

• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.