Name 1
EXPERIMENTO BARÓMETRO DE TORRICELLI
Name 2
TORRICELLI BAROMETER EXPERIMENT
ID number
001.82.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.283
Type of Object
Knowledge, social care
Description
Short description
"This experiment demonstrates the following:
If we squeeze the cylinder, we will introduce more pressure into the bell; and when the pressure changes, the height of the mercury changes as well.
The first barometers were made by the physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli in the XVII century. These barometers were made up of a column of liquid enclosed in a tube with a closed top, so that the passage of the column of liquid corresponded exactly to the weight of the atmosphere.
Barometers are essential for making weather forecasts."
If we squeeze the cylinder, we will introduce more pressure into the bell; and when the pressure changes, the height of the mercury changes as well.
The first barometers were made by the physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli in the XVII century. These barometers were made up of a column of liquid enclosed in a tube with a closed top, so that the passage of the column of liquid corresponded exactly to the weight of the atmosphere.
Barometers are essential for making weather forecasts."
Measures
"length: 1.85m
width: 1.10m
height: 2.10m"
width: 1.10m
height: 2.10m"
Materials
Dating
2008
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Museum and didactic use, interacting with visitors
Present use
Museum and didactic use, interacting with visitors
Original location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Águeda Moyano & Alicia Escudero
Date Submitted
26. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never