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Evangelista Torricelli

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Noun1.Evangelista Torricelli - Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
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Evangelista Torricelli of Italy (1608-1647) invented the barometer in 1643.
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Its Italian inventor, Evangelista Torricelli, designed this type of barometer in 1643.
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For instance, without plentiful supplies of mercury, the 17th-century Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli could hardly have invented the barometer.
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