Thank you for this video. I'm well aware of the Meucci story (I'm originally from Staten Island) and have been to the Garibaldi/Meucci house & museum numerous times. It's just tragic that the genius of this great man is not more widely known.
@ I’m a professional illustrator and some years back I pitched a children’s book about Meucci as the true inventor of the telephone to a NY publisher. It was rejected for being too tragic and not uplifting enough.
Just like Enrico Fermi, never mentioned around, everyone cheering for Oppenheimer, but the true inventor of the Atomic Bomb was Enrico Fermi. Architect of the Atomic Bomb, Father of the Atomic Energy. They made a physic science prize named after him and even Oppenheimer was awarded for his job with THAT prize. Imagine being considered the inventor of the bomb while getting rewarded with a prize in physics named after one of your subordinates of your research team. And yet, today we have a movie about Oppenheimer and not one about Fermi. Just Americans... 😮💨
Everyone in Italy knows about Meucci. He is often coupled with Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio broadcasting, who did keep his rights and established an industrial empire. A few other guys you might want to mention include Enrico Fermi, the central figure in the development of atomic power for both civil and military purposes; Enrico Forlanini, an inventor of genius who designed helicopters and built functioning models as early as the eighteen-seventies, and went to design dirigibles, invent the flying boat, and, in the intervals of that, build a big engineering and methane business; Nobel Prizewinner Alessandro Natta, who invented polypropylene - the most flexible and useful of plastics, and, going back, Luigi Negrini, a rough contemporary of Meucci, who designed the Suez Canal, but died before it was built.
Bravo, quando ci vuole ci vuole!! Lo sappiamo bene noi Italiani in US! Purtroppo gli Italiani in Patria, quelli al potere, non hanno mai 'difeso' perbene l'Italianita' . Negli anni '90 un gruppo chiamato " Italiani all'Estero" di Mirko Tremaglia si era prodigato a portare risalto a tutta l'italianità nel Mondo... durato poco purtroppo!
Meno male che Tremaglia è durato poco. 😂 Non è che affidarsi ad un fascista faccia così bene "all'italianità nel mondo". E dire che gli italiani in patria non difendono l'italianità non ha senso perché non è vero.
@@massimobernardo- Ah certo! Solo Tremaglia (Destra) HA (non "a" - l'Italiano s'impara a scuola) "combinato solo guai" (lui era di Destra). Mentre la Sinistra, non ha fatto mai brogli....! Sia serio lei - al Massimo!
@@Gia369-G è vero ho fatto un errore di grammatica, Tremaglia ha fatto perdere le elezioni a Berlusconi con gli Italiani all'estero ,ci ha regalato gente come Antonio Razzi dalla Svizzera eletto con Di Pietro poi passato da Berlusca.
Yes we knew that, no stress on recounting the history. Some Country even discredited Colombo discovery of America. That says it all. Let alone discrediting Meucci.
The story of Meucci / Bell is well known .. what is not given enough attention is the fact that WWII would never have come to an end if it wasn't For Enrico Fermi.... yet Oppenheimer gets a movie lol
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A program on PBS Kids exploring figures from history has an episode on Alexander Graham Bell. It is about his work with the deaf. Nothing is said about the telephone. Nothing.
no dai, in Italia lo sappiamo....io sono cresciuta negli anni 80. il ricordo del sussidiario delle medie è Volta=la pila, Meucci =telefono, Marconi=la radio. Ricordo anche una puntata di superquark, forse proprio quella su Meucci, in cui per la prima volta ho sentito il nome di Bell
Actually in Italy most people dont know Bell, and the few ones who know the story know he had just copied the invention of Meucci and patented it just because he was richer!!
Capitolo XXII - Al "Progresso Italo-Americano"" Antonio Meucci e le sue peropezie. Capitolo XXIII - Garibaldi a New York Un Italiano in America di Adolfo Rossi
Thank You for the history lesson 😂 Correcting the injustice that was done to Italian Americans In the 19th century we were discriminated just as much as the Negro ( former slaves ) The Negro at this point in time had there citizenship - freedom - a mule - land and we Italians were nothing more than cheap laborers ( sometimes known as worst than the Negro ) because we need to get paid,while the Negro were slaves ( free laborers) besides we Italian did not have rites ( of citizenship * a mule * or land ) we were aliens with different language value and culture and willpower to seek the American dream. Injustices was at our doorstep being taking of advantage , so that others would progress..U S History was injustice to Italians and Italian Americans ..
Antonio, you select excellent topics for your American audience. One thing ridiculous about American culture (and I believe you have mentioned this in a video) is that everything is the best, or the worst, or the biggest or the smallest, or the greatest - always the extremes. The ignorance of most Americans about Antonio Meucci for having invented the telephone is big, but there are a great number of such things in America, which, in my view, prefers to live in an imagined world in which they are the center and the greatest. For many of us expats, the love for America we once had is entirely lost. I say, "Gli stati uniti e io ci sono lasciati." So, please don't use this American-style hyperbole because it comes across as click bate and may cause some to stop following your channel.
However Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio has been given far to much credit for this invention - there actually were others who beat him to it but their contribution is usually overlooked!
Who invented the aeroplane? The Wright Brothers, right? Witnesses say that Richard Pearce did , but he was a humble guy and wanted to develop it further to a stage of control. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse
Grazie mille! Can you do a video about why Meloni the fascist just slammed the door in the face of the diaspora and what we need to do to reverse it. What did you say the median age of Italy was 49? You need to call the diaspora home amico, not shut the door in their faces.
I kind of agree with you but, honestly, Meloni has already done more than many other governments about the Diaspora people. And I am not saying it politically. It is facts. Watch the beginning of my video about the Italians in Argentina
Thank you for bringing this to light again.
I felt this was my duty as a proud italian
Thank you for this video. I'm well aware of the Meucci story (I'm originally from Staten Island) and have been to the Garibaldi/Meucci house & museum numerous times. It's just tragic that the genius of this great man is not more widely known.
I miss Staten Islamd
@ After emigrating from Italy, all 4 of my grandparents settled on Staten Island between 1902 and 1908.
@@joeciardiello6400 as other hundreds of thousands of compatriots
@ I’m a professional illustrator and some years back I pitched a children’s book about Meucci as the true inventor of the telephone to a NY publisher. It was rejected for being too tragic and not uplifting enough.
Grazie! I loved learning about Meucci in your video! Looking forward to a future video about the Italian movement history in New York.
I will provide!
Salve Professor Luca, Thank You for sharing this information/content.
Grazie Antonio
Thank you for watching!
Just like Enrico Fermi, never mentioned around, everyone cheering for Oppenheimer, but the true inventor of the Atomic Bomb was Enrico Fermi.
Architect of the Atomic Bomb, Father of the Atomic Energy.
They made a physic science prize named after him and even Oppenheimer was awarded for his job with THAT prize.
Imagine being considered the inventor of the bomb while getting rewarded with a prize in physics named after one of your subordinates of your research team.
And yet, today we have a movie about Oppenheimer and not one about Fermi.
Just Americans... 😮💨
Do not worry my friend. I did not forget what happened to Fermi, barely mentioned in the recent movie...give me some time...
@HowtoItaly-2004 I trust you brother.
Same for the invention of the printing. Panfilo Castaldi did it before Gutenberg. He printed in 1471 in Milan a book called "de verborum significatu"
It's an Elementary school named after him here in Rochester NY. Probably other cities too
Daje Lu! Make italian great again!!
Sempre!
MIGA! 😊 🇮🇹
Everyone in Italy knows about Meucci. He is often coupled with Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio broadcasting, who did keep his rights and established an industrial empire. A few other guys you might want to mention include Enrico Fermi, the central figure in the development of atomic power for both civil and military purposes; Enrico Forlanini, an inventor of genius who designed helicopters and built functioning models as early as the eighteen-seventies, and went to design dirigibles, invent the flying boat, and, in the intervals of that, build a big engineering and methane business; Nobel Prizewinner Alessandro Natta, who invented polypropylene - the most flexible and useful of plastics, and, going back, Luigi Negrini, a rough contemporary of Meucci, who designed the Suez Canal, but died before it was built.
Thank you for this comment! I will definetely take notes!
Grazie per il tuo lavoro! Buon natale!🎄
Grazie a te per averlo visto!
grazie Antonio!
Sempre!!
Great video!!!
Grazie!
Bravo, quando ci vuole ci vuole!! Lo sappiamo bene noi Italiani in US! Purtroppo gli Italiani in Patria, quelli al potere, non hanno mai 'difeso' perbene l'Italianita' . Negli anni '90 un gruppo chiamato " Italiani all'Estero" di Mirko Tremaglia si era prodigato a portare risalto a tutta l'italianità nel Mondo... durato poco purtroppo!
Non conoscevo questa storia
A combinato solo guai Tremaglia tipo gli Italiani all'estero eletti in parlamento in molti casi con brogli .
Meno male che Tremaglia è durato poco. 😂 Non è che affidarsi ad un fascista faccia così bene "all'italianità nel mondo". E dire che gli italiani in patria non difendono l'italianità non ha senso perché non è vero.
@@massimobernardo- Ah certo! Solo Tremaglia (Destra) HA (non "a" - l'Italiano s'impara a scuola) "combinato solo guai" (lui era di Destra). Mentre la Sinistra, non ha fatto mai brogli....! Sia serio lei - al Massimo!
@@Gia369-G è vero ho fatto un errore di grammatica, Tremaglia ha fatto perdere le elezioni a Berlusconi con gli Italiani all'estero ,ci ha regalato gente come Antonio Razzi dalla Svizzera eletto con Di Pietro poi passato da Berlusca.
Affascinante. ❤
Grazie!!
everyone knows in Italy. Bell is not on our test books and that's right.
In Italy yes…
Yes we knew that, no stress on recounting the history. Some Country even discredited Colombo discovery of America. That says it all.
Let alone discrediting Meucci.
I think these are two completely different scenarios
Bravo.
Grazie
The story of Meucci / Bell is well known .. what is not given enough attention is the fact that WWII would never have come to an end if it wasn't For Enrico Fermi.... yet Oppenheimer gets a movie lol
I will get you covered…
Wow 😮 amazing research 🧐 work 📚 and I really appreciate/enjoy watching your channel and I already subscribe to your TH-cam channel and also this heart (💚🤍♥️🇮🇹🇮🇹is Italy flag color,for green white and red in the Italian,Italy flag colors
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing!
I.recall that the army was interested in Meuccis telephone.
I did not know that!
A program on PBS Kids exploring figures from history has an episode on Alexander Graham Bell. It is about his work with the deaf. Nothing is said about the telephone. Nothing.
Strange…
Thanks Tony Soprano
Thanks James Gandolfini!
And the story of the Winchester system?
Please, tell me?
Yet another one to add to the long list of failures of the justice system. 😢
Ma noi in Italia lo sappiamo
Non tutti
no dai, in Italia lo sappiamo....io sono cresciuta negli anni 80. il ricordo del sussidiario delle medie è Volta=la pila, Meucci =telefono, Marconi=la radio. Ricordo anche una puntata di superquark, forse proprio quella su Meucci, in cui per la prima volta ho sentito il nome di Bell
Actually in Italy most people dont know Bell, and the few ones who know the story know he had just copied the invention of Meucci and patented it just because he was richer!!
@@M.C.K.111 yes. But in the rest of the world it is not the same.
@HowtoItaly-2004 unluckily the USA arrogance is stronger than history
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Capitolo XXII - Al "Progresso Italo-Americano"" Antonio Meucci e le sue peropezie.
Capitolo XXIII - Garibaldi a New York
Un Italiano in America di Adolfo Rossi
Great books!
Thank You for the history lesson 😂
Correcting the injustice that was done to Italian Americans
In the 19th century we were discriminated just as much as the Negro ( former slaves )
The Negro at this point in time had there citizenship - freedom - a mule - land and we Italians were nothing more than cheap laborers ( sometimes known as worst than the Negro )
because we need to get paid,while the Negro were slaves ( free laborers) besides we Italian did not have rites ( of citizenship * a mule * or land ) we were aliens with different language value and culture and willpower to seek the American dream. Injustices was at our doorstep being taking of advantage , so that others would progress..U S History was injustice to Italians and Italian Americans ..
That is correct, but know, thanks to your hard work, you guys are in a very good spot.
Nikola Tesla approves this message - aka: "So, you too Meucci?"
You are right…
Antonio, you select excellent topics for your American audience. One thing ridiculous about American culture (and I believe you have mentioned this in a video) is that everything is the best, or the worst, or the biggest or the smallest, or the greatest - always the extremes. The ignorance of most Americans about Antonio Meucci for having invented the telephone is big, but there are a great number of such things in America, which, in my view, prefers to live in an imagined world in which they are the center and the greatest. For many of us expats, the love for America we once had is entirely lost. I say, "Gli stati uniti e io ci sono lasciati." So, please don't use this American-style hyperbole because it comes across as click bate and may cause some to stop following your channel.
I see no clickbaits man.
However Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio has been given far to much credit for this invention - there actually were others who beat him to it but their contribution is usually overlooked!
I will dig into it!
Who invented the aeroplane? The Wright Brothers, right? Witnesses say that Richard Pearce did , but he was a humble guy and wanted to develop it further to a stage of control. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse
Grazie mille! Can you do a video about why Meloni the fascist just slammed the door in the face of the diaspora and what we need to do to reverse it.
What did you say the median age of Italy was 49? You need to call the diaspora home amico, not shut the door in their faces.
I kind of agree with you but, honestly, Meloni has already done more than many other governments about the Diaspora people.
And I am not saying it politically. It is facts. Watch the beginning of my video about the Italians in Argentina
@HowtoItaly-2004 Maybe, but she's left many of our Italian family stranded in the belly of the collapsing American empire.
Addirittura gli americani dicevano che anche la pizza era nata in America 😂😂😂 so ragazzi che ci vo fa 😂😂
Non credo l’abbiano detto
@HowtoItaly-2004 informati l"hanno detto eccome, fu fatto un servizio da parte di Rai qualche anno fa che ricordo benissimo
@ per carità. Magari è vero. Me l’ero
Perso.