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Torricelli

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Tor·ri·cel·li  (tôr-chl, tôr-), Evangelista 1608-1647.
Italian mathematician and physicist who invented the mercury barometer.
Torricelli [ˌtɒrɪˈtʃɛlɪ]
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(Biographies / Torricelli, Evangelista (1608-1647) M, Italian, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: mathematician) Evangelista (evandʒeˈlista). 1608-47, Italian physicist and mathematician, who discovered the principle of the barometer
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Noun1.Torricelli - Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
Evangelista Torricelli


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