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Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Engineers. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Engineers. Show all posts

5 April 2024

Francesco Laparelli - architect and military engineer

Italian who designed Valletta, the fortified capital of Malta Francesco Laparelli found himself in demand as a military architect The archit...

13 October 2023

Eugenio Barsanti - engineer

Created the first working internal combustion engine A model of the Barsanti-Matteucci engine pictured on display at a museum in Milan The e...

15 April 2023

Italy’s first nuclear reactor opens

Facility based on pioneer Enrico Fermi’s historic Chicago-Pile series The Ispra-1 reactor was the first nuclear reactor to be built on Itali...

9 March 2023

Andrew Viterbi – electrical engineer and businessman

The amazing life of 'the father of the mobile telephone' Even at the age of 88, Viterbi remains actively involved in the scientific ...

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