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Evangelista Torricelli

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[Wikipedia] Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli. 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.

Quotes by Evangelista Torricelli

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish…

Evangelista Torricelli

Abstraction

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Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of…

Evangelista Torricelli

Claims

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The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect.

Evangelista Torricelli

Abstraction

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Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.

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Air

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winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence density, between two regions of earth.

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Air

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Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest,…

Evangelista Torricelli

Air

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We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with…

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