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  1. Eugenio Barsanti. Father Eugenio Barsanti (12 October 1821 – 19 April 1864), also named Nicolò, was an Italian engineer, who together with Felice Matteucci of Lucca invented the first version of the internal combustion engine in 1853, Florence. Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in London's Morning ...

  2. The Barsanti-Matteucci engine was the first invented internal combustion engine using the free-piston principle in an atmospheric two cycle engine. [1] [2] In late 1851 or early 1852 Eugenio Barsanti, a professor of mathematics, and Felice Matteucci, an engineer and expert in mechanics and hydraulics, joined forces on a project to exploit the ...

  3. Eugenio Barsanti. Nicolò Barsanti was born in Pietrasanta (LU) on October 12 – 1821, son of Giovanni Barsanti, a marble sculptor and Angela Francesconi. He was a delicate child with good natured and affectionate nature. His mother was contrary to sending him to school because she thought it would harm her delicate son’s health, while his ...

  4. Oct 13, 2023 · The engineer Eugenio Barsanti, whose internal combustion engine was the first working example of the technology known to have been produced, was born on this day in 1821 in Pietrasanta, a town in northern Tuscany. The Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir and the German Nicolaus Otto are credited with the first commercially successful ...

  5. The Barsanti and Matteucci Foundation. has the primary aim of disseminating the story of the two scientists from Lucca, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci, and their invention: the first working internal combustion engine in history. promotes initiatives aimed at inspiring young people with the world of mechanics and spreading knowledge on ...

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  7. The earliest experiments, the first engine and the first patent, dating back to 1853, are due to two men from Lucca: Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci. But, as often happens, the fathers of this important technological revolution have gone unacknowledged and forgotten for a long time. Their story is very close to that of another Italian ...

  8. By 1854, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci built several engines with a single vertical cylinder powered by explosions of hydrogen and oxygen that created a vacuum under a piston. Atmospheric pressure pushed the piston down, engaging a sprocket wheel connected to a drive shaft. In 1858, Barsanti and Matteucci built a counter-working two ...

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