Carlo Marangoni

Carlo Marangoni
Born	29 April 1840 Pavia, Italy
Died	14 April 1925 (aged 84) Florence, Italy
Nationality	Italy
Fields	Physicist Meteorologist
Institutions	Liceo Dante, Florence
Alma mater	Università degli Studi di Pavia
Doctoral advisor	Giovanni Cantoni
Known for	fluids, capillary, surface tension

Carlo Giuseppe Matteo Marangoni (29 April 1840 – 14 April 1925) was an Italian physicist.

Marangoni graduated in 1865 from the University of Pavia under the supervision of Giovanni Cantoni with a dissertation entitled "Sull' espansione delle gocce liquide" ("On the spreading of liquid droplets").

He then moved to Florence where he first worked at the "Museo di Fisica" (1866) and later at the Liceo Dante (1870), where he held the position of High School Physics Teacher for 45 years until retirement in 1916.

He primarily studied surface phenomena in liquids, and the Marangoni effect and the Marangoni number are named after him. He also contributed to meteorology and invented a Nefoscopio to observe clouds.

External links

• Marangoni Obituary (in italian) (A list of Marangoni's publications are included in this obituary.)