In the year 1582-83 Ostilio Ricci, who was the mathematician of the Tuscan Court and a former pupil of Tartaglia, taught a course on Euclid 's Elements at the University of Pisa which Galileo attended.
Doon ay umiiral pa rin ng isang sulat na Torricelli wrote sa Galileo on 11 September 1632 at ito ay nagbibigay sa amin ng ilang tunay na kapaki-pakinabang na impormasyon tungkol sa Torricelli ng agham-unlad.