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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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Evangelista Torricelli’s Contributions to Science The Barometer and Earth’s Sea of Air. Torricelli is best known for his invention and, even more importantly, his explanation of the mercury barometer. He did this in in 1643.
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.
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.
- Mary Bellis
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.
Torricelli's experiment was invented in Pisa in 1643 by the Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647). The purpose of his experiment is to prove that the source of vacuum comes from atmospheric pressure .
