- Tiberius Cavallo
Tiberius Cavallo (also Tiberio) bdd|30|March|1749|21|December|1809 was a Anglo-Italian physicist and natural philosopher.
Life
He was born at
Naples , where his father was a physician.In 1771 he came to England with the intention of pursuing a mercantile career, but he soon turned his attention to scientific work. He made several ingenious improvements in scientific instruments. He became a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779, and gave annualBakerian Lecture s from 1780 to 1792 [ [http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1794 Archive Bakerian lectures 1799 - 1775 ] ] .Cavallo was often cited in the literature of his time as inventor of
Cavallo's multiplier , a device used for the amplification of small electric charges, making them observable and measurable in an electroscope [ [http://www.sparkmuseum.com/ELECTROSCOPE.HTM] , on the "pocket electrometer".] . He also worked onrefrigeration [ [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/journal/nlcohen.htm UCL Bentham Project ] ] , and his work influenced pioneer balloonistJean-Pierre Blanchard [ [http://www.fai.org/ballooning/newsletter/2001-spr.htm FAI Ballooning Commission - Spring 2001 Newsletter ] ] . He published onmusical temperament [ [http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/russell/conference/mackenzieonsmith.html The Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments - Dr. Smith's "Equal-Harmony" ] ] .He died in
London on21 December 1809 .Works
He published numerous works on different branches of
physics , including:
* "A Complete Treatise on Electricity" (1777)
* "Treatise on the Nature and Properties of Air and other permanently Elastic Fluids" (1781)
* "History and Practice of Aerostation" (1785)
* "Treatise on Magnetism" (1787)
* "Elements of Natural and Experimental Philosophy" (1803)
* "Theory and Practice of Medical Electricity" (1780)
* "Medical Properties of Factitious Air" (1798).References
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External links
* [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ilej/image1.pl?item=page&seq=1&size=1&id=pt.1777.x.x.67.x.48 An Account of Some New Electrical Experiments by Tiberius Cavallo] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Vol. 67 Dec 1777 pages 48-55
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