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Adriano de Paiva
Physicist, Deceased Person
1847 – 1907
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Who was Adriano de Paiva?
Adriano de Paiva was a Portuguese scientist who was one of the pioneers of telectroscope. He worked at the Politechnical Academy of Porto and conducted research into selenium as a material to transmit images.
His work followed the discovery of photoconductivity in selenium by Willoughby Smith in 1873. In the 19thcentury he suggested the use of a chemical that would enable images to be transmitted at a considerable range.
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