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/ˌtɔɹɪˈsɛɫi/
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NOUN
- Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
How To Use Torricelli In A Sentence
- When we say that the blood circulates, that the air is weighty, that the rays of the sun are a bundle of seven refrangible rays, it follows not that we are of the sect of Harvey, of Torricelli, or of A Philosophical Dictionary
- Republicans can rightly make the argument that New Jersey Democrats should have known what they were getting when they renominated Torricelli.
- Angeli examined fluid statics based on Archimedes' principle and Torricelli's experiments.
- If Torricelli, the last holdout, had supported the amendment, it looked likely to pass.
- In Italy, Torricelli did research which led to developing the barometer and the measure of air pressure.