Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897) tra scienza e tecnologia / Arcangelo Rossi.
Abstract:
Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897), the most eminent Italian "electrician" in the last quarter of the XIX Century, is wrongly considered a pure technician who invented a new kind of electric induction motor. Instead, in introducing the new device, he also contributed, as a valuable mathematical physicist, to the deepning of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory itself, and, if ever, he did not draw all consequences of his invention from a practical point of view. Here are well exemplified the main characteristics of the beginning of Italian politechnical culture at the end of the XIX Century, which was also characterized by G. Ferrari's deep engagement in innovative teaching of electrical science and technology
Nuncius A. 14, fasc. 1 (1999), p. 121-132