<Tr> <Th> Notable students </Th> <Td> Vincenzo Viviani </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Influences </Th> <Td> Galileo Galilei </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Influenced </Th> <Td> Robert Boyle </Td> </Tr> <P> Evangelista Torricelli (Italian: (evandʒeˈlista torriˈtʃɛlli), listen (help info)); 15 October 1608--25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles . </P>

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