Assertion: pascal's view | /r/HasProperty | upheld by cartesian
Facets:
value: alike
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Contrary to the prevailing scientific view upheld by Aristotelians and Cartesians alike according to which a vacuum in nature is a physical impossibility, Torricelli surmised that the space at the top of the tube was indeed a vacuum and that it was created by the pressure of the external air, which exactly balanced the pressure exerted by the column of mercury inside the tube.