TIBERIUS

CAVALLO (1749-1809)  , Anglo-Italian electrician and natural philosopher, was born on the 30th of March 1749 at Naples, where his father was a physician . In 1771 he came to England with the intention of pursuing a mercantile career, but he soon turned his attention to scientific work . Although he made several ingenious improvements in scientific instruments, his mind. was rather imitative and critical than creative . He published numerous works on different branches of physics, including A Complete Treatise on Electricity (1777), Treatise on the Nature and Properties of Air and other permanently Elastic Fluids (1781), History and Practice of Aerostation (1785), Treatise on Magnetism (1787), Elements of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1803), Theory and Practice of Medical Electricity (1780), and Medical Properties of Factitious Air (1998) . He died in London on the 21st of December 1809 .