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Although Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in 1643,
historical documentation also suggests Gasparo Berti, an Italian mathematician and astronomer, unintentionally built a water barometer sometime between 1640 and 1643
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∙ 7y agoConstruction of the first barometer in 1643 is commonly attributed to Evangelista Torricelli of the Florentine Academy, although Gasparo Berti unknowingly built the first one while trying to produce a vacuum a few years earlier.
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∙ 13y agoEvangelista Torriceli made the aneroid which is also the first barometer.
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∙ 14y agoan Italian scientist named Evangelista Torricelli in 1643
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If Torricelli had drilled a little hole at the top of a glass tube holding his mercury column what would have happened to his barometer?
He would not have had a barometer. He would have had a glass tube stuck into a bowl of Mercury, with nothing in it. Because once the hole was made the vacuum would be gone and the mercury would fall back down to the bowl.It takes the vacuum in the tube to create a barometer.
How do you put the word Barometer in a sentence?
The barometer was rising so we thought it would be a good day for a picnic
Why would a water barometer have to be 13.6 times taller than a mercury barometer?
A barometer using water,would need to be 13.6 times taller than a mercury barometer to obtain the same pressure difference. This is because mercury is 13.6 times more dense than water.
Collect the Differences between a barometer and manometer?
barometer is used to measuring atmospheric pressure. manometer is used to measuring the pressure of gases.
Can i make a barometer for school science fair with the sealed chamber from wood do you agree with my choice of material?
I made them in grade 4. I wouldn't recommend wood. But you can try it.
When was the first barometer made and by whom?
The first barometer was made by the Italian physicist Torricelli in about 1640.
Why was the Barometer made?
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How was the barometer made?
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Where was the barometer made?
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What predictions about the weather can be made as the barometer reading falls?
if the barometer reading falls it means bad weather is coming
What nine letter word can be made from ametroebr?
barometer
What is an aneroid barometer called?
Well, an aneroid barometer, is called an aneroid barometer- but, a barometer measures air pressure, and an aneroid barometer is a barometer that contains no liquid.
What were the inventions made during the period between 1400 to 1700 AD?
Mercury barometer - invented by Evangelist Torricelli (1608) barometer Aneroid barometer - invented by Lucien Vidie in 1843 Cassegrain telescope thermometer pendulum clock
Air pressure is typically measured with a?
Air pressure is measured with a barometer.
What does a barometer has in it?
barometer has mercury inside it .
A barometer is an instrument used for measuring water pressure?
otherwise know as a barometer and it measures air pressure in newtons
What is the plural of barometer?
The plural for barometer is barometers.
