Italian physicist and mathematician (1608 to 1647) who filled a sealed glass tube with mercury and inverted it into a dish in 1643 to 44, producing the first sustained vacuum and the first mercury barometer; he succeeded Galileo as professor of mathematics at the Florentine Academy after serving as his last secretary and assistant.
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Built the first mercury barometer in 1643 to 44, following a suggestion from Galileo, producing the first sustained vacuum.
Source Mercury Barometer (Britannica)
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1. Evangelista Torricelli (Wikipedia)
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Evangelista Torricelli ( TORR-ee-CHEL-ee, Italian: [evandʒeˈlista torriˈtʃɛlli] ; 15 October 1608-25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli.
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P20 (place of death): Florence, Italy
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P19 (place of birth): Rome, Italy
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P19 (place of birth): Faenza, Italy
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P800 (notable work): barometer
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View the SourceMercury Barometer (Britannica)
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