torrecelli

Updated: May 2, 2025

It was the failure in the attempt to make a sucking-pump act, when the working bucket was more than thirty-three feet above the surface of the water to be raised, that led observant men to study the law of atmospheric pressure, and opened a new field of research to the genius of Galileo, Torrecelli, and Boyle.

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance