Evangelista Torricelli
The life of Evangelista Torricelli - Galileo's Successor and the Vacuum
Famous Equations
1. Torricelli's Law
Describes the speed of fluid flowing out of an opening.
$$ v = \sqrt{2gh} $$2. Torricelli's Trumpet (Gabriel's Horn)
A geometric figure with infinite surface area but finite volume.
$$ V = \pi \int_1^\infty \frac{1}{x^2} dx = \pi $$Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Torricelli/


