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Antonio
Meucci
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Florence
13.April.1808- Staten
Island -N.Y.
18.October.1889 |
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Brief
biographical history of Antonio Meucci |
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1808 |
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Born on April 13 in Florence
(via dei Serragli, 44 forming part of the num by Chiara. 2722) |
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1821 |
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He
attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence |
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1833 |
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He works
as a mechanical aid to the theatre Pergola in Florence. |
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1834 |
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Bride Ester Mochi theatre
taylor to the
theatre Pergola in Florence. |
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1835 |
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Work
on the theater Taçon Havana (Cuba) technical him as
superintendent, his
wife as head costume designer, accumulating, in fifteen years, assets
amounting to approximately 800 million lire today. |
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1846 |
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Make a unit of electrotherapy for pulses |
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1849 |
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During
the experiments electrotherapy Havana discovers the transmission of
voice by electricity. |
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1850 |
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 He moved to Clifton (Richmond County in
the State
of New York) USA Implants a candle factory
steariche,
meets Garibaldi
and Colonel Paul Bovi Camps, by exiles after the
fall of the Roman Republic.Buy a cottage in
Clifton, Staten Island (New York) and, in agreement with Garibaldi
implant a factory candles to give employment to many exiles Italians.
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1854-55 |
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Make a
connection between its laboratories in the
room of his wife Ester |
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1861 |
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Fallen
in the hands
of rogue speculators, lose the house and all his savings from this
moment on its economic conditions are precarious. |
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1866 |
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In
view of the third war of independence in Italy, is appointed by the
Italians in New York, Chairman of the Central Standing Committee, to
train a corps of volunteers to be sent to Italy. |
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1871 |
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It
seriously wounded by the explosion of the boiler of Westfield ferry
remains three months between life and death, loses his job, and from
that moment lives charity of his friends |
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December
12 with
three associates founded the Italian "Telettrofono Company" in order to
promote its patent, which will take a few months of life |
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December 28
Presents to the Patent office Caveat (preliminary
application for a patent) No. 3335 "Sound Telegraph" |
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1878-1880 |
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The assistance for the poor Staten Island assigned
to a small cash grant |
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1884 |
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Ester's
wife dies |
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1889 |
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He died on October
18 Meucci |
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