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Along comes a traveling vendor who carries a new instrument invented in 1643 by Evangelista Torricelli.
Watson Is Far From Elementary Stephen Baker 2011
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Mercury barometers: Barometers were invented in 1640, by Evangelista Torricelli, but it was his friend, Galileo, who proposed that he use mercury.
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Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician who was a colleague of Galileo.
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The first measurement of atmospheric pressure began with a simple experiment performed by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643.
Atmospheric pressure 2006
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In the closing years of his life Galileo took into his family, as his adopted disciple in science, a young man, Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), who proved himself, during his short lifetime, to be a worthy follower of his great master.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904
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