1. Tiberius Cavallo was an Italian physicist and natural philosopher.
10 Facts About Tiberius Cavallo
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Tiberius Cavallo's interests included electricity, the development of scientific instruments, the nature of "airs", and ballooning.
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Tiberius Cavallo became both a Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Naples, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1779.
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Tiberius Cavallo is often cited as the inventor of Cavallo's multiplier.
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Tiberius Cavallo developed a "pocket electrometer" that he used to amplify small electric charges to make them observable and measurable with an electroscope.
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Tiberius Cavallo was interested in the physical properties of "airs" or gases, and carried out experiments on "inflammable air".
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Tiberius Cavallo targeted a more general audience in this work, avoiding technical jargon and mathematical proofs, and was an effective science communicator to both his peers and the general public.
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Tiberius Cavallo's work influenced pioneer balloonists Jacques Charles, the Robert brothers, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard.
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Tiberius Cavallo was buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard, reportedly in a vault near that of Pasquale Paoli.
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Tiberius Cavallo published numerous works on different branches of physics, including:.