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All-time leader56.7Evangelista Torricelli
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John Ray

Scientists

2nd49.2 · mom 5

Evangelista Torricelli

Scientists

1st56.7 · mom 18

Hans Sloane

Scientists

3rd47.0
Evangelista Torricelli leads this board.

All-time score 56.7, ahead of John Ray by 7.5.

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  1. 4thDenis PapinScientists45.7
  2. 5thJean PicardScientists45.4
  3. 6thGeminiano MontanariScientists43.6
  4. 7thJohn ParkinsonScientists42.5
  5. 8thRobert DudleyScientists42.0
  6. 9thFrancesco BianchiniScientists41.2
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10th, risingJean RicherScientists · 1630-1696FranceFranceScientists40.8mom 811th, fallingCassiano dal PozzoScientists · 1588-1657Scientists40.8mom 012th, risingMatthäus MerianScientists · 1593-1650SwitzerlandSwitzerlandScientists40.7mom 613th, stableCarlos de Sigüenza y GóngoraScientists · 1645-1700MexicoMexicoScientists40.7mom 014th, risingMartino MartiniScientists · 1614-1661Scientists40.3mom 515th, stableFabio ColonnaScientists · 1567-1640Scientists40.2mom 216th, fallingLuigi Ferdinando MarsigliScientists · 1658-1730Scientists39.8mom 217th, stableNicolas SansonScientists · 1600-1667FranceFranceScientists39.7mom 018th, risingPierre DuvalScientists · 1619-1683FranceFranceScientists39.6mom 1619th, stableThomas NewcomenScientists · 1664-1729United KingdomUnited KingdomScientists39.6mom 320th, risingAntonie van LeeuwenhoekScientists · 1632-1723NetherlandsNetherlandsScientists39.5mom 1021st, fallingWilliam BallScientists · 1627-1690Scientists38.1mom 4

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