Evangelista Torricelli
(1608-1647)
Italian physicist and matematician
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Evangelista Torricelli ( TORR-ee-CHEL-ee, TOR-, 15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. The Torr is also named after him.
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15 October 1608 Rome, Papal States
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25 October 1647 (aged 39) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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