Torricelli, Evangelista

Torricelli, Evangelista

Evangelista Torricelli was born on October 15, 1608. He was an Italian physicist and mathematician and a student of Galileo.

Torricelli developed further the method of indivisibles of Cavalieri. Many mathematicians of the17th century learned of the method through Torricelli whose scientific works were more accessible than Cavalieri's.

In 1644 Evangelista Torricelli developed the theory of atmospheric pressure, proved the possibility of obtaining the so-called Torricellian vacuum, and invented the mercury barometer.

Evangelista Torricelli laid the foundations of hydraulics, derived a formula for the flow rate of ideal liquid from a vessel, which was named after him.

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