Evangelista Torricelli

Along comes a traveling vendor who carries a new instrument invented in 1643 by Evangelista Torricelli.

Watson Is Far From Elementary Stephen Baker 2011

Mercury barometers: Barometers were invented in 1640, by Evangelista Torricelli, but it was his friend, Galileo, who proposed that he use mercury.

Eleventh Hour: “That Drank The Milk From The Cow That Ate The Fish That Ate The Maggot My Father Bought For Two Zuzim…” 2009

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician who was a colleague of Galileo.

Torricelli, Evangelista 2007

The first measurement of atmospheric pressure began with a simple experiment performed by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643.

Atmospheric pressure 2006

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