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
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.
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| Birth: | 15th October, 1608 |
| Death: | 25th October, 1647 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist |
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