Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician. source
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician.
Evangelista Torricelli is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. source
Evangelista Torricelli is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles.
Evangelista Torricelli was born on 15 October 1608 in Rome, he invented the barometer in Florence, Italy. source
Evangelista Torricelli was born on 15 October 1608 in Rome, he invented the barometer in Florence, Italy.
Evangelista Torricelli's family was from Faenza in the Province of Ravenna, then part of the Papal States. His father was a textile worker and the family was very poor. source
Evangelista Torricelli's family was from Faenza in the Province of Ravenna, then part of the Papal States. His father was a textile worker and the family was very poor.
Seeing his talents, Evangelista Torricelli's parents sent him to be educated in Faenza, under the care of his uncle, Jacobo, a Camaldolese monk, who first ensured that his nephew was given a sound basic education. source
Seeing his talents, Evangelista Torricelli's parents sent him to be educated in Faenza, under the care of his uncle, Jacobo, a Camaldolese monk, who first ensured that his nephew was given a sound basic education.
Evangelista Torricelli then entered young Torricelli into a Jesuit College in 1624, possibly the one in Faenza itself, to study mathematics and philosophy until 1626, by which time his father, Gaspare, had died. source
Evangelista Torricelli then entered young Torricelli into a Jesuit College in 1624, possibly the one in Faenza itself, to study mathematics and philosophy until 1626, by which time his father, Gaspare, had died.
The uncle then sent Evangelista Torricelli to Rome to study science under the Benedictine monk Benedetto Castelli, professor of mathematics at the Collegio della Sapienza (now known as the Sapienza University of Rome). source
The uncle then sent Evangelista Torricelli to Rome to study science under the Benedictine monk Benedetto Castelli, professor of mathematics at the Collegio della Sapienza (now known as the Sapienza University of Rome).
There is no actual evidence that Evangelista Torricelli was enrolled at the university. It is almost certain that Torricelli was taught by Castelli. source
There is no actual evidence that Evangelista Torricelli was enrolled at the university. It is almost certain that Torricelli was taught by Castelli.
In exchange Evangelista Torricelli worked for him as his secretary from 1626 to 1632 as a private arrangement. source
In exchange Evangelista Torricelli worked for him as his secretary from 1626 to 1632 as a private arrangement.
Because of this, Evangelista Torricelli was exposed to experiments funded by Pope Urban VIII. While living in Rome, Torricelli became also the student of the brilliant mathematician, Bonaventura Cavalieri. source
Because of this, Evangelista Torricelli was exposed to experiments funded by Pope Urban VIII. While living in Rome, Torricelli became also the student of the brilliant mathematician, Bonaventura Cavalieri.
Aside from several letters, little is known of Evangelista Torricelli's activities in the years between 1632 and 1641, when Castelli sent Torricelli's monograph of the path of projectiles to Galileo, then a prisoner in his villa at Arcetri. source
Aside from several letters, little is known of Evangelista Torricelli's activities in the years between 1632 and 1641, when Castelli sent Torricelli's monograph of the path of projectiles to Galileo, then a prisoner in his villa at Arcetri.
After Galileo's death on 8 January 1642, Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici asked Evangelista Torricelli to succeed Galileo as the grand-ducal mathematician and chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa. source
After Galileo's death on 8 January 1642, Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici asked Evangelista Torricelli to succeed Galileo as the grand-ducal mathematician and chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa.
Right before the appointment, Evangelista Torricelli was considering returning to Rome because of there being nothing left for him in Florence. source
Right before the appointment, Evangelista Torricelli was considering returning to Rome because of there being nothing left for him in Florence.
In this role(chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa) Evangelista Torricelli solved some of the great mathematical problems of the day, such as finding a cycloid's area and center of gravity. source
In this role(chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa) Evangelista Torricelli solved some of the great mathematical problems of the day, such as finding a cycloid's area and center of gravity.
Evangelista Torricelli was interested in Optics, and invented a method whereby microscopic lenses might be made of glass which could be easily melted in a lamp. source
Evangelista Torricelli was interested in Optics, and invented a method whereby microscopic lenses might be made of glass which could be easily melted in a lamp.
As a result, Evangelista Torricelli designed and built a number of telescopes and simple microscopes; several large lenses, engraved with his name, are still preserved in Florence. source
As a result, Evangelista Torricelli designed and built a number of telescopes and simple microscopes; several large lenses, engraved with his name, are still preserved in Florence.
Evangelista Torricelli died in Florence on 25 October 1647, 10 days after his 39th birthday, and was buried at the Basilica of San Lorenzo. source
Evangelista Torricelli died in Florence on 25 October 1647, 10 days after his 39th birthday, and was buried at the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
Evangelista Torricelli's chief invention was the mercury barometer. "This instrument is named from two Greek words, signifying two measures of weight, since by it a column of air is weighed against a column of mercury." source
Evangelista Torricelli's chief invention was the mercury barometer. "This instrument is named from two Greek words, signifying two measures of weight, since by it a column of air is weighed against a column of mercury."
Evangelista Torricelli was also a pioneer in the area of infinite series. Torricelli developed further the method of indivisibles of Cavalieri. source
Evangelista Torricelli was also a pioneer in the area of infinite series. Torricelli developed further the method of indivisibles of Cavalieri.
Evangelista Torricelli also discovered Torricelli's Law, regarding the speed of a fluid flowing out of an opening, which was later shown to be a particular case of Bernoulli's principle. source
Evangelista Torricelli also discovered Torricelli's Law, regarding the speed of a fluid flowing out of an opening, which was later shown to be a particular case of Bernoulli's principle.
Evangelista Torricelli is also famous for the discovery of the Torricelli's trumpet (also - perhaps more often - known as Gabriel's Horn) whose surface area is infinite, but whose volume is finite. source
Evangelista Torricelli is also famous for the discovery of the Torricelli's trumpet (also - perhaps more often - known as Gabriel's Horn) whose surface area is infinite, but whose volume is finite.
