Room VIII
The Accademia del Cimento: Art and Experimental Science
The Accademia del Cimento: Art and Experimental Science
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The Thermometers of the Accademia: Art and Science in Glassware
By demonstrating that the height of a column of mercury in a barometer tube rises or falls with changing temperatures, Torricelli's experiment (Spring ...
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Superb Instruments and Calculating Devices
Outstanding among the activities of the Accademia del Cimento were the experiments designed to determine the speed of sound, utilizing an odometer with ...
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The Vacuum and the Physics of Fluids
The Florentine Accademia conducted intense experimentation on the physics of air, conceiving and building the earliest models of the barometer and hygrometer. ...