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The first barometer was a Mercury barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643. It consisted of a glass tube filled with mercury inverted in a dish of mercury. As atmospheric pressure changed, the mercury level in the tube would rise or fall, allowing for the measurement of air pressure.

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