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Torricelli   /tˌɔrɪsˈɛli/   Listen
Torricelli

noun
1.
Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647).  Synonym: Evangelista Torricelli.





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... satellites was followed by the discovery of his belts. Zucchi and Torricelli seem to have seen them. Fontana, in 1633, reported three belts. In 1648 Grimaldi saw but two, and noticed that they lay parallel to the ecliptic. Dusky spots were also noticed as transient. Hooke[5] measured the motion ...
— History of Astronomy • George Forbes


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