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Evangelista Torricelli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Philip J. Robinson
Philip J. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Lroverket, Box 8 Sigtuna s-193 21, Sweden
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This article provides a brief introduction to Evangelista Torricelli and to one aspect his work. It is divided into three parts. Part 1 gives some biographical details and a short survey of his work and achievements. Part 2 is concerned with a geometrical approach towards the study of projectiles as seen in Torricelli's early work De motu. Part 3 shows how Torricelli applied his projectile studies to practical ballistic problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 78 , Issue 481 , March 1994 , pp. 37 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1994

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