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.

Evangelista Torricelli (born October 15, 1608, Rome—died October 25, 1647, Florence) was an Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the mercury barometer, which is the oldest …

Evangelista Torricelli portrayed on the frontpage of Lezioni d'Evangelista Torricelli. Evangelista Torricelli (October 15, 1608 – October 25, 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, …

Torricelli not only had great skills in theoretical work, but he also had great skill as a maker of instruments. He was a skilled lens grinder, making excellent telescopes and small, short focus, …

After Galileo's death, Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670) appointed Torricelli Granducal Mathematician and lecturer in mathematics at the University of Pisa. In Florence, he undertook …

Torricelli predicted that the height of the mercury column would change from day to day as the pressure of the atmosphere changed. Today, his apparatus is known as a barometer, from the …

Torricelli was the first person to explain correctly why the wind blows, and he discovered an extraordinary and controversial geometrical figure, Gabriel’s horn, which has a finite volume …

Torricelli, Evangelista (1608-1647) Italian physicist who served as the secretary and companion of Galileo during the last three months of his life. In investigating vacuums, he constructed the …

Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian scientist who was the first man to create a sustained vacuum and to discover the principle of a barometer. He also achieved some important results in the …

In an attempt to solve the problem of raising water over ten meters, Torricelli decided to employ mercury, which is fourteen times as heavy as water. He succeeded, thus inventing the barometer.