Torricelli
noun
Evangelista 1608–47, Italian physicist.
Torricellian
-
a word derived from
Torricelli.
Example Sentences
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The simple truth is that replication of the Torricellian experiment was unproblematic; it follows that the sociologists of science are wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Between the recognition that the Torricellian tube is a pressure gauge and the invention of the atmospheric steam engine there was no intervention of an extraneous factor.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Third, Roberval devised an experiment where a carp’s bladder which had been flattened and sealed tight was placed at the top of the Torricellian tube.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Boyle, for example, could place a lit candle in his globe, or a bird; although insects and frogs could be passed through the mercury into the Torricellian space, flames and birds could not.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Thus in the Torricellian experiment you cannot see the pressure of the air, but the height of the column of mercury is an indicator of that invisible pressure.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
