Torricelli
noun
Evangelista 1608–47, Italian physicist.
Torricellian
-
a word derived from
Torricelli.
Example Sentences
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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
The success of the Torricellian barometer created an audience for the new science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Thus the informal Torricellian network marks the effective beginning of the institutionalization of science, driven by the conviction that collaboration and exchange would lead to more rapid progress.
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
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
