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Tor·ri·cel·li   (tôr'ə-chěl'ē, tôr'ē-)   
Italian mathematician and physicist who invented the mercury barometer.
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Torricelli   (tō'rə-chěl'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
Italian mathematician and physicist noted for discovering that the atmosphere exerts pressure. He demonstrated that this pressure affected the level of mercury in a tube, thereby inventing the mercury barometer (1643).
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