Franco Tosi (April 21, 1850 - November 25, 1898) was an Italian engineer, known for his contributions to the steam engine technology. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
A native of Villa Cortese, near Milan, he was the son of Eugenio Tosi (1815-1896),[1] and moved to Legnano in 1876, to become the manager of Cantoni-Krumm & C. Villa Cortese is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Legnano is a town in the north-west of Lombardy, situated on the flat lands of the Po Valley between Milan and Lake Maggiore, straddling the little , where he led the development of the famous 3 hp (1877) and 40–50 hp Ryder steam engines (1881), the year which the company changed name to its current, Franco Tosi Meccanica. A steam engine is a Heat engine that performs Mechanical work using Steam as its Working fluid. It employed six hundred people in the mid 1890s.
Franco Tosi was killed by one of his employees in 1898. [2] The company persisted. Other milestones were the first 6,000 kW engine (1904) and becoming the first Italian diesel engine maker (1907). The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Tosi also cooperated with Emilio Bozzi on his motorcycle development, and supervised building of the first submarine diving at 75 meters (1920). Emilio Bozzi was an Italian businessman known for his Bicycle manufacturing company A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability After his withdrawal, the company has entered other engine technologies, and has about 6000 employees. [3]
Tosi died at Legnano in 1898. Legnano is a town in the north-west of Lombardy, situated on the flat lands of the Po Valley between Milan and Lake Maggiore, straddling the little
References
- Macchione, Pietro (1987). L'oro e il ferro. Storia della Franco Tosi. Milan: Franco Angeli.
- ^ L'Ottocento from Villa Cortese comune website
- ^ Cronologia di Milano dal 1891 al 1900
- ^ www.francotosimeccanica.it
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