Mersenne
Americannoun
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Mersenne described one in 1644, which is also the first year in which one is referred to in English; Boyle published a design for one in 1682.
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Correcting for his limitation in this respect need not involve adopting a present-centered view; we need only look on Galileo from the vantage point of Mersenne, who quickly set about replicating Galileo’s experiments with a view to producing more accurate measurements.
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What held them together was their common friendship with Mersenne, with whom they exchanged letters and at whose home they met when they were in Paris.
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Mersenne died in 1648, and little further progress in research on the vacuum was made in France.
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In a letter to Descartes’ friend Mersenne he mentioned that some of Descartes’ ideas on music had come from him.
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