The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance… — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent… — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I… — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence density, between two regions of earth. — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being… — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger,… — Evangelista Torricelli Copy Share Image
