TEOFILATO

ITALY (see also List of Individuals)

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28.8.1879 Napoli/I - 31.8.1952 Roma/I

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Pietro Teofilato graduated as a mathematician from the Rome University in 1902 and then was a teacher of mathematics at a college. From 1920, he lectured at the Military College of Rome and from 1936 he was a professor of rational mechanics at Cagliari Technical University, Sardine. He moved in 1941 to the University of Parma in the same position and finally was a faculty member of the Institute of aerodynamics of Rome University. Teofilato acted as a vice-secretary of the Italian Committee for the Advancement of Science in the 1920s and 1930s, and later there was a Council Member.

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Teofilato contributed mainly to problems in rational mechanics and in aerodynamics. In the latter branch, Italy had contributed some isolated results as compared to the leading countries Germany, the UK and France. A change in this state occurred in the mid 1930s during the "Volta" Congress' held in Rome, where the leading scientists in aviation held a memorable meeting. This was also the era when the two nationalist countries Italy and Germany had common research projects. Teofilato was among the participants of this meeting, including many well known younger experts who would contribute to the rapid development in aviation. Most of the younger engineers went after World War II for a certain time to the USA, because this country was by then at the forefront of developments in airand space-borne vehicles. Teofilato was too old and remained in his country, where he died seven years after the war was over.

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_{Sestini, G. (1952). Pietro Teofilato. Rivista di Matematica 3(3): 291-296, with bibliography. Silla, L., Teofilato, P. (1941). Aerodinamica. Fusi: Pavia.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1942). Sulla velocità di lavorazione nell'estrazione di sostanze mediante solvente.}

_{Cuggiani: Roma.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1946). Sulla determinazione della verticale durante una evoluzione in volo cieco. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 6: 176-180.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1947). Deduzione dei risultati di una galleria aerodinamica da quelli di un canale idrico. Pio X: Roma.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1947). Contributo alla reppresentazione analitica di una corrente gassosa mediante una corrente idrica. Monografie Scientifiche di Aeronautica 5. Failli: Roma.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1949). Estensione di una similitudine alle correnti a simmetria assiale. Istituto Poligrafia dello Stato: Roma.}

_{Teofilato, P. (1953). Molinelli di massimo rendimento. Edizione Poligrafia dello Stato: Roma. Teofilato, P. (2006). Pietro Teofilato. Personal communication. P}