Evangelista Torricelli
Italian physicist
Died when: 39 years 10 days (468 months)Star Sign: Libra
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Evangelista Torricelli (/?t??ri't??li/ TORR-ee-CHEL-ee, also US: /?t??r-/ TOR-, Italian: [evand?e'lista torri't??lli]; 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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