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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.
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 explosion and expansion of a gaseous mix of hydrogen and atmospheric air to transform part of the energy of such explosions into mechanical energy.
Nicolò Barsanti, meglio conosciuto come Eugenio (Pietrasanta, 12 ottobre 1821 – Seraing, 18 aprile 1864), è stato un presbitero, ingegnere e inventore italiano, l'ideatore e costruttore del primo motore a combustione interna funzionante.
Eugenio Barsanti was born in Pietrasanta and he is considered to be the inventor of combustion engine, even if someone else stole his licence. At the time of steam engines, he thought about the explosion of guns and he invented the combustion engine, putting a gas or a flammable liquid instead of gunpowder.
Eugenio Barsanti was born at Pietrasanta in 1821 and studied with the Piarists, where he showed a particular talent for mathematics. In 1841, after being ordained, he started teaching: his first post was at the Collegio San Michele at Volterra, and then, from 1848 in Florence at San Giovannino, he taught moral philosophy and geometry and later ...
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.
In September 1845, Father Eugenio Barsanti was ordained and celebrated his first mass in his native town, in S. Augustine Church of Pietrasanta. Father Barsanti was an excellent teacher and a scrupulous and tireless scientest but he never forgot his sacerdotal dignity.
