Torricelli
/ˌtɒrɪˈtʃelɪ/- Torricelli, Evangelista (1608-47), Italian mathematician and physicist. He invented the mercury barometer, with which he demonstrated that the atmosphere exerts a pressure sufficient to support a column of mercury in an inverted closed tube.托里切利, 埃万杰利斯塔（1608-1647, 意大利数学家, 物理学家; 他发明了水银气压计, 以此证明空气能产生足够气压以支撑在倒置的密封管中的水银柱）。