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Mercury Barometer (Britannica)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on the mercury barometer, crediting Evangelista Torricelli's 1643-44 experiment with a mercury-filled tube.

Facts
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
URL
https://www.britannica.com/technology/mercury-barometer
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
1
Sources
Mercury Barometer (Britannica)
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Instruments, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Scientists, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

7

Instruments

Holds

1

Connected

2

Instruments

General References

1

Instruments

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