Felice Matteucci (born Lucca, february 12th 1808 - died Capannori, september 13th 1887) was an italian hydraulic engineer co-inventor with Eugenio Barsanti of the internal combustion engine. Lucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ... An engineer may be someone who practices the engineering profession, or the driver of a rail locomotive. ... Father Eugenio Barsanti (born Pietrasanta, October 12th 1821; died Searing, Belgium, April 19th 1864), also named Nicolò, was the Italian inventor of the Internal combustion engine. ... A colorized automobile engine An internal combustion engine is an engine that is powered by the expansion of hot combustion products of fuel directly acting within an engine. ...

He studied hydraulic and mechanical engineering firstly in Paris then later in Florence. In 1851 he meet Father Barsanti appreciating his ideas for a new type of engine. They had a life-long collaboration developing the primary invention into a manufactuable item. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Location within Italy Giglio di Firenze - symbol of the city Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy at 43°46′ N 11°15′ E. The city on the Arno River has a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ...

After the death of Barsanti in 1864 and following the failure of society in their time to promote the engine, he returned to his previous work as a hydraulic engineer. He studied new hydrometers (to measure the level of a river), rain gauges, and hydraulic operations over rivers. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A hydrometer is an instrument used for determining the specific gravity of liquids. ... A rain gauge is a type of instrument used by meteorologists to gather and measure the amount of falling precipitation, rain. ...

In 1877 he unsuccessfully argued that he and his partner Barsanti were the originators of the invention of the internal combustion engine. The patent by Nikolaus August Otto was very similar to the Barsanti-Matteucci design. This frustration contributed to Matteucci's ill that eventually caused his death, in his own home in Capannori, near Lucca in Tuscany. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A colorized automobile engine An internal combustion engine is an engine that is powered by the expansion of hot combustion products of fuel directly acting within an engine. ... Nikolaus August Otto (June 14, 1832 - January 28, 1891) was the coinventor of the internal-combustion engine. ... Lucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ...