1643Torricelli's Invention of the Mercury Barometer

Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.
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🍎 Galileo Galilei's Laws of Falling Bodies

Galileo Galilei: laws of falling bodies.
Galileo Galilei's Laws of Falling Bodies (1638)
PhysicsMotionGravityGalileo GalileiMechanics17th CenturyScientific RevolutionAccelerationExperimentation
ItalyItaly

🌡️ Torricelli's Invention of the Mercury Barometer

Torricelli's Invention of the Mercury Barometer (1643)
Atmospheric PressureMeasurementEvangelista TorricelliPhysicsMeteorology17th CenturyScientific RevolutionBarometerExperimentation
ItalyItaly

📏 Hooke's Law

Hooke's Law (1660)
PhysicsElasticityRobert HookeMechanicsMaterials Science17th CenturyScientific RevolutionHooke's LawExperimentation

⚡ Otto von Guericke's First Electrostatic Generator

Otto von Guericke's First Electrostatic Generator (1663)
ElectricityElectrostaticsOtto von GuerickeGeneratorPhysics17th CenturyScientific RevolutionExperimentationStatic Electricity
GermanyGermany