Torricellian vacuum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Torricellian vacuum
C17: named after E. Torricelli
Example Sentences
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The Torricellian vacuum, if perfectly free from air, is said by Mr. Morgan and others to be a perfect non-conductor.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
The latter showed that the Torricellian vacuum was not essential to the phenomenon, for the same glow was apparent when mercury was shaken with air only partially rarefied.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
In reference to the Torricellian vacuum, he says, 'Perhaps it is hardly necessary for me to state that I find both iron and bismuth in such vacua perfectly obedient to the magnet.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
Being 30 inches long up to the bottom of the expanded portion, or lamp globe, the mercury fell below this and left a Torricellian vacuum there.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
The column sank, but it ceased to sink at a height of thirty inches, leaving the Torricellian vacuum over-head.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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