Evangelista Torricelli: The Italian Scientist Who Invented the Barometer

Podcast: Meteorology Matters · Rob Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Long before weather forecasts, satellite imagery, and modern meteorology, scientists struggled to understand something invisible but fundamental: the weight of the air surrounding our planet. In 17th-century Italy, Evangelista Torricelli helped change that forever. A mathematician and physicist who worked alongside Galileo Galilei during the final months of Galileo’s life, Torricelli developed the mercury barometer, an instrument that made atmospheric pressure measurable and helped establish the scientific foundations of modern weather observation. ...