Episode 8: The Torricelli’s Barometer
It’s a 250-year-old barometer that has withstood revolutions, wars, the natural degradation of time and today remains almost miraculously intact. It’s not known how it ended up at Técnico, but it continues to measure atmospheric pressure with total efficiency, keeping its original material, including mercury and probably “remnants of the air that was breathed in the 18th century”. The story of Torricelli’s Barometer, in the 8th episode of the podcast “110 Stories | 110 Objects”.