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Evangelista Torricelli (/ ˌ t ɒr i ˈ tʃ ɛ l i / TORR-ee-CHEL-ee; Italian: [evandʒeˈlista torriˈtʃɛlli] ⓘ; 15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo.
Apr 11, 2024 · Evangelista Torricelli (born Oct. 15, 1608, Faenza, Romagna—died Oct. 25, 1647, Florence) was an Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer and whose work in geometry aided in the eventual development of integral calculus.
Torricelli was acclaimed among his friends as a scintillating conversationalist. Before his death, he was working on comedies for performance. Sadly, they no longer exist. Evangelista Torricelli died in Florence 10 days after his 39th birthday on October 25, 1647.
May 21, 2018 · The Italian mathematician and physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) invented the mercury barometer and made important contributions to calculus and the theories of hydraulics and dynamics. Evangelista Torricelli was born in Faenza on Oct. 15, 1608.
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian scientist who was the first man to create a sustained vacuum and to discover the principle of a barometer. He also achieved some important results in the development of the calculus.
Jan 28, 2019 · Evangelista Torricelli became the first scientist to create a sustained vacuum and to discover the principle of a barometer. Torricelli realized that the variation of the height of the mercury from day to day was caused by changes in the atmospheric pressure. Torricelli built the first mercury barometer around 1644.
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. The torr is named after him.
Evangelista Torricelli (October 15, 1608 – October 25, 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer. In addition he was a pioneer in the study of the motion of fluids and was regarded by some (notably Ernst Mach) as the "father of hydrodynamics."
The inventor of the barometer was Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli. He also contributed to the eventual development of integral calculus through his work in geometry. Torricelli was born on October 15, 1608, in Faenza, Romagna (now in Italy).
The mercury barometer is the oldest type of barometer, having been invented in 1643–44 by the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli. In its simplest form, it comprises a narrow glass tube closed at one end and open at the other end, which is submerged in a pool of mercury.
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