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Tor·ri·celli (tôr′ə c̸hel′ē; It tō̂r′rē c̸hel′lē)

Torricelli, Evangelista (e′vän je lēs′tä) 1608-47; It. physicist & mathematician: discovered principle of the barometer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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