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Torricelli, Evangelista
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Catholic physicist. Born on October 15, 1608 at Faenz, Italy; died on October 25, 1647. Discovered the law of efflux of a liquid through a small aperture in the wall of a vessel. Improved the telescope. Invented the barometer.
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Entry for 'Torricelli, Evangelista'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/t/torricelli-evangelista.html. 1910.