Torricelli

[ tawr-i-chel-ee; Italian tawr-ree-chel-lee ]

/ ˌtɔr ɪˈtʃɛl i; Italian ˌtɔr riˈtʃɛl li /

noun

E·van·ge·lis·ta

[e-vahn-je-lee-stah] /ɛˌvɑn dʒɛˈli stɑ/,1608–47, Italian physicist.

OTHER WORDS FROM Torricelli

Tor·ri·cel·li·an, adjective

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Torricelli's apparatus, unlike Galileo's thermoscope, represented the barometer in essentially its classical form.

The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments |Robert P. Multhauf
Torricelli carries the principle back to the properties of the centre of gravity.

Popular scientific lectures |Ernst Mach
The instrument as we now know it had its beginning with Galileo, Torricelli, and Pascal, but was not perfected until about 1650.

The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out |Fred T. Hodgson
We see the converse mode of dealing with Nature in Torricelli.

The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 |Luigi Palmieri

Reasoning in this way, Torricelli proceeded to prove that his theory was correct.

A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams

British Dictionary definitions for torricelli

Torricelli

/ (ˌtɒrɪˈtʃɛlɪ) /

noun

Evangelista (evandʒeˈlista). 1608–47, Italian physicist and mathematician, who discovered the principle of the barometer

Scientific definitions for torricelli

Torricelli

[ tō′rə-chĕl′ē ]

Evangelista 1608-1647

Italian mathematician and physicist noted for discovering that the atmosphere exerts pressure. He demonstrated that this pressure affected the level of mercury in a tube, thereby inventing the mercury barometer (1643).

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