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Otto von Guericke 's Magdeburg hemispheres experiment, 1650. (engraving)

Otto von Guericke 's Magdeburg hemispheres experiment, 1650. (engraving)
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Otto von Guericke 's Magdeburg hemispheres experiment, 1650. (engraving)
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C17th AD
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Guericke pumped the air out of two copper hemispheres to create a vacuum. He demonstrated the force of air pressure by showing that two teams of eight horses were not able to pull them apart. Illustration by Gaspar Scott from 'Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta nova Magdeburgica de vacuo spatio', Amsterdam, 1672. OvG, German scientist & inventor: 30 November 1602-21 May 1686. Physics of vacuums. Weltgeschichte by Prof. Dr. Pfluck-Harttung, Neuzeit 1650-1815, page 117.

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17th century / discovery / experiment / engraving / physics / science / black and white

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