Evangelista Torricelli
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Evangelista Torricelli was a 17th-century Italian physicist and mathematician best known for inventing the barometer and advancing the study of atmospheric pressure and fluid dynamics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Evangelista Torricelli canonical | 4 |
| Torricelli | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Italian scientist
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1608-10-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Faenza
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Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fever ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1647-10-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Florence
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Benedetto Castelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Grand Duke of Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | Torricelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fluid dynamics
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geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Evangelista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Torricelli point
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Torricellian vacuum NERFINISHED ⓘ Torricelli’s law NERFINISHED ⓘ Torricelli’s trumpet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of barometry
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later studies of atmospheric pressure ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Benedetto Castelli
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Galileo Galilei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Torricelli’s law
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Torricelli’s trumpet NERFINISHED ⓘ hydrostatics ⓘ invention of the barometer ⓘ study of atmospheric pressure ⓘ work on vacuum ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first mercury barometer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De motu gravium naturaliter descendentium et projectorum
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Opera geometrica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
court mathematician of the Grand Duke of Tuscany
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professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| replaced | Galileo Galilei as court mathematician in Florence ⓘ |
| studentOf | Benedetto Castelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
motion of projectiles
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properties of the vacuum ⓘ |
| workLocation | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Torricelli