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Torricellian
Webster's Dictionary
(a.) Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Torricellian'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/torricellian.html. 1828.