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Download Solution PDFFor what discovery is Evangelista Torricelli famous?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is the Invention of the mercury barometer.
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Evangelista Torricelli
- He was born on 15 October 1608.
- He was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo.
- He is best known for his invention of the mercury barometer but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles.
- The Torr is named after him.
- He died on 25 October 1647.
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