Definition of Evangelista Torricelli

1. Noun. Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647).

Exact synonyms: Torricelli
Generic synonyms: Physicist

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Literary usage of Evangelista Torricelli

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1. Wonderful inventions: from the mariner's compass to the electric telegraph cable by John Timbs (1882)
"Evangelista Torricelli was a native of ... About this time Galileo was endeavouring to overturn the received Evangelista Torricelli. ..."

2. Florentine History: From the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of by Henry Edward Napier (1847)
"This retarded the march of genuine philosophy; but every atmospheric change will still remind the world of Evangelista Torricelli da Modigliana. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... The, so called because made by the Italian physicist, Evangelista Torricelli (qv), who discovered the principle upon which barometers are made. ..."

4. A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches: Including the Evolution of by Florian Cajori (1899)
"Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) began his mathematical studies in a Jesuit school, and continued them under Benedict Castelli at Rome. ..."

5. Meteorology, Practical and Applied by Sir John William Moore (1894)
"... led to the discovery of the pressure of the atmosphere by Evangelista Torricelli, his pupil and successor in the Chair of Philosophy and Mathematics at ..."

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