Every time people turn on the TV or iPhone and listen to a meteorologist forecast rain, snow or sun, one man born over 400 years ago is responsible for the science of predicting the weather and even the birth of meteorology. His name is Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian scientist and mathematician. In 1643, he invented perhaps one of the most important devices in predicting weather: the barometer. This instrument measures atmospheric pressure, and is used in forecasting the weather and determining altitude. In general, when the barometer falls in response to a drop in pressure, bad weather is approaching; when the barometer rises because of an increase in pressure, good weather will follow. Torricelli was born on October 15, 1608 in Faenza, Italy and very little is known of his early life. His education was …show more content…
Due to his brilliance as a physicist and mathematician he was sent to Rome at the age of twenty to study under Benedetto Castelli who was a student of Galileo. He spent the next ten years studying. In 1641 Torricelli wrote De motu gravium, in which he developed some of Galileo ideas on projectile motion. He experimentally verified many new conclusions and stated what is today known as Torricelli's law--a rigid system of bodies can move spontaneously on Earth's surface only if its center of gravity descends. Useful theorems of external ballistics followed, as well as artillery firing tables. He also propounded a fundamental hydrodynamic theorem that bears his name--the efflux velocity of a jet of liquid exiting a small orifice equals the velocity of a single drop of liquid falling freely in a vacuum from the same height as the liquid level at the orifice. He was introduced to Galileo through Castelli who showed Galileo his work. This was also a period in history when scientific discoveries clashed with
It is a long-with-standing stereotype that Italians love to gamble. This is true. My great grandfather, Pasquale Giovannone, played the riskiest hand of cards when he immigrated to the United States as an illegal stowaway at the age of thirteen. He forged a life for himself amidst the ever-changing social and political shifts of the early nineteenth century. The legacy he left would later lead to the birth of my father, John Giovannone, in Northern New Jersey in 1962.
He was born in 1883. His father was a blacksmith and also an anarchist. His mother was a school teacher. His birthplace, Romagna, was known for its rebellious spirit. When he was young, Mussolini did not make much achievement in education.
Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European visitor to the area of New York. The French ship “La Dauphine” brought Verrazzano and his crew to New York in 1524. European was not until much later on September second, 1609 by Henry Hudson of the Dutch East India Company. At this time, New York was still named “New Amsterdam”. Beavers were abundant in New York at this time, which fueled a business as for the fashion in Europe was beaver pelts. The beaver’s importance was so great for New York’s history that it is now the city’s official seal.
Citlalli is a 16-year-old Junior at Olathe East High school. She has a group of friends that she hangs out with during Hawk Hour. Citlalli’s favorite teacher is Mrs. Rippee who was her English teacher in ninth grade. She participates in NHS and Science Olympiad at school along with her friends. She has a pet leopard gecko named Chamomile because that is her favorite tea. Her favorite colors are light blue, green, and gray but she prefers dark green the most. She loves everything o do with nature and likes to incorporate it into her paintings. Citlalli can be quiet at times but also loves to be loud and talk.
Galileo was born in Pisa Italy on February 15, 1564. Galileo was the first born child to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His family moved to Florence Italy after living in Pisa for ten years. In Florence he received education at the Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. Later on in his life he decided to study medicine at the University of Pisa to study medicine. Wh...
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy to Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri, but just a few months after his birth, the family moved
Pennsylvania. He retrieved the nickname, “Buff” from his favorite showman “Buffalo” Bill Cody. Struggling with money and being raised by mother Dolores Donelli, Aldo started taking soccer seriously at fifteen years old with the team Morgan FC. At just 15 years
Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in the village of Vinci. He had a very normal life as a kid. He got very little education, but he still got good grades in school. As a kid he liked to doodle in class when he went to school, and he used to join fairs and put in his work.
Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Puglia, Italy in May 1895. His parents were Marie Gabrielle, and Giovanni Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguolla. He had an older brother named Alberto, a younger sister named Maria, and an older sister named Beatrice. During his childhood, Valentino was a troublemaker who did not do well in school. After earning a degree from an agricultural school, he moved to Paris. He eventually returned to Italy, but because he
Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. Fortunately, Machiavelli had a excellent education as a child. Paolo da Ronciglione, a renown Latin teacher, taught Machiavelli. He then attended the University of Florence and received an excellent education there. Later Machiavelli pursued a career within the government, first he became a clerk, and then an ambassador. Soon after, Machiavelli became Chancellor of Florence and engaged in tons of diplomatic activity which also allowed him to travel frequently. It also placed him in charge of Florentine military, making ...
When his grandfather died, Nostradamus was sent to Avignon to study. He already showed a great interest in astrology and it became common talk among his fellow students. He upheld the Copernican theory that the world was round and circled around the sun more than 100 years before Galileo was prosecuted for the same belief.
Durante Alighieri, know known as Dante, had a very interesting start to life. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1265 to his father, Alighiero di Bellincione and his mother, Donna Bella degli Abati; she died when
In 1612, he published his Discourse on Bodies in Water, refuting the Aristotelian explanation of why objects float in water, saying that it wasn’t because of their flat shape, but instead the weight of the object in relation to the water it displaced. In 1623, a friend of Galileo, Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, was selected as Pope Urban VIII. He allowed Galileo to pursue his work on astronomy and even encouraged him to publish it. but it had to be on one condition, it be objective and not advocate Copernican theory.
The barometer is a device for measuring the total pressure of the atmosphere. A primitive barometer can easily be constructed by taking a glass tube about a meter long, sealing one end, filling the tube completely with mercury, placing your thumb firmly over the open end, and carefully inverting the tube into an open dish filled with mercury. The mercury will fall to a height independent of the diameter of the tube and a vacuum will be created above it.
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15th, 1564. His father, Vincenzo was a music teacher and musician. After his family moved to Florence, Galilei was sent to a monastery to be educated. He was so happy there that he decided to become a monk, but his father wanted him to be a medical doctor and brought him home to Florence. He was never really interested in medicine and studied mathematics at the University of Pisa. He was especially interested in famous mathematicians like Euclid (geometry) and Archimedes. In fact in 1586 he wrote his first book about one of Archimedes theories. He eventually became head of mathematics at the University of Pisa where he first wrote about a very important idea that he developed. It was about using experiments to test theories. He wrote about falling bodies in motion using inclined planes to test his theories.