Blaise Pascal

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   Developing a time machine today is nearly impossible as a calculating device was in the 1600's. The inventor of the calculating device even got it named after him. We are talking about Blaise Pascal, a French scientist also famous for his Theory of Possibilities.
This 1623 born thinker and inventor was considered a genius by a young age because of his remarkable treatises made on sound communications and conic sections at the age of 12 and 16 respectively, and finally invented the unimaginable Pascaline to help his father as he was a tax collector. Pascal was also credited for constructed a mercury barometer to prove the covert theories of Galileo and Torricelli. These brilliant tests paved the way for modern hydrodynamics and hydrostatics. While engrossed deeply in his experiments, he invented the hydraulic press and syringe. The hydraulic press expresses his theory; The Pascal Law- Pressure applied to confined liquid is transmitted through the liquid in all directions regardless of the area to which pressure is applied.
Pascal was the first to be reported wearing a wristwatch. He had simply tied his pocket watch to his wrist by a string.
Because of his significant atmospheric knowledge, the unit of atmospheric pressure is named in his honour.

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   Developing a time machine today is nearly impossible as a calculating device was in the 1600's. The inventor of the calculating device even got it named after him. We are talking about Blaise Pascal, a French scientist also famous for his Theory of Possibilities.
This 1623 born thinker and inventor was considered a genius by a young age because of his remarkable treatises made on sound communications and conic sections at the age of 12 and 16 respectively, and finally invented the unimaginable Pascaline to help his father as he was a tax collector. Pascal was also credited for constructed a mercury barometer to prove the covert theories of Galileo and Torricelli. These brilliant tests paved the way for modern hydrodynamics and hydrostatics. While engrossed deeply in his experiments, he invented the hydraulic press and syringe. The hydraulic press expresses his theory; The Pascal Law- Pressure applied to confined liquid is transmitted through the liquid in all directions regardless of the area to which pressure is applied.
Pascal was the first to be reported wearing a wristwatch. He had simply tied his pocket watch to his wrist by a string.
Because of his significant atmospheric knowledge, the unit of atmospheric pressure is named in his honour.

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