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Plenism

The belief that no vacuum can exist (Naturam à vacuo abhorrere). Originating by Aristotle, it became more an issue with the Evangelista Torricelli barometer and the Boyle air-pump. Some proponents of plenism during the time of the Boyle air-pump experiments were Thomas Hobbes, Franciscus Linus and Henry More.

Source: Shapin, Steven and Schaffer, Simon Leviathan and the Air-pump (1985)

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