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Adriano de Paiva

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Adriano de Paiva (1847-1907) 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 image . His work followed the discovery of photoconductivity in selenium by Willoughby Smith in 1873 .

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