Mathematician:Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for inventing the barometer.

Disciple of Galileo.

Gave his name to Torricelli's Law.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 15 Oct 1608, Faenza, Romagna (now Italy)
 * Died: 25 Oct 1647, Florence, Tuscany (now Italy)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Torricelli's Law
 * Torricelli's Equation
 * Torricelli Point (also known as a Fermat Point)

Books and Papers

 * 1644: Opera Geometrica

Also see

 * : Miscellaneous Problems for Chapter $$1$$: Footnote to Problem $$7$$