Torricellis barometer experiment, 1644.

ITALY - SEPTEMBER 06: Torricelli's barometer experiment, 1644. Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), the Italian mathematician and physicist, was the inventor of the mercury barometer. The experiment pictured is a particularly famous one in which the existence of atmospheric pressure is experimentally demonstrated. After working as his personal assistant Torricelli succeeded Galileo to the post of mathemetician to the court of Tuscany. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
ITALY - SEPTEMBER 06: Torricelli's barometer experiment, 1644. Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), the Italian mathematician and physicist, was the inventor of the mercury barometer. The experiment pictured is a particularly famous one in which the existence of atmospheric pressure is experimentally demonstrated. After working as his personal assistant Torricelli succeeded Galileo to the post of mathemetician to the court of Tuscany. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
Torricellis barometer experiment, 1644.
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Date created:
02 January, 1754
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