Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?
Evangelista Torricelli Quotes
We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury.
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| Birth: | 15th October, 1608 |
| Death: | 25th October, 1647 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist |
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