Inventors
Evangelista Torricelli 1608 - 1647Evangelista Torricelli - Biography of the Barometer Inventor Evangelista TorricelliEvangelista Torricelli Shopping for a Barometer - Compare PricesThe History of the BarometerEvangelista Torricelli invented the barometerBarometer - Pronunciation: [b u rom´ u t u r] - a barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, also known as the "Torricelli's tube".
Biography - Evangelista TorricelliEvangelista Torricelli was born October 15, 1608, in Faenza, Italy and died October 22, 1647 in Florence, Italy. He was a physicist and mathematician. In 1641, Evangelista Torricelli moved to Florence to assist the astronomer Galileo.
The BarometerIt was Galileo that suggested Evangelista Torricelli use mercury in his vacuum experiments. Torricelli filled a four-foot long glass tube with mercury and inverted the tube into a dish. Some of the mercury did not escape from the tube and Torricelli observed the vacuum that was created.Evangelista Torricelli became the first scientist to create a sustained vacuum and to discover the principle of a barometer. Torricelli realized that the variation of the height of the mercury from day to day was caused by changes in the atmospheric pressure. Torricelli built the first mercury barometer around 1644. Evangelista Torricelli - Other ResearchEvangelista Torricelli also wrote on the quadrature of the cycloid and conics, the rectifications of the logarithmic spiral, the theory of the barometer, the value of gravity found by observing the motion of two weights connected by a string passing over a fixed pulley, the theory of projectiles and the motion of fluids.Evangelista Torricelli 1608 - 1647Evangelista Torricelli - Biography of the Barometer Inventor Evangelista TorricelliEvangelista Torricelli Shopping for a Barometer - Compare PricesImportant disclaimer information about this About site. |
User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy | Kids' Privacy Policy
©2006 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.