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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/

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