GUERICKE, OTTO VON

ôˈtō fən gāˈrĭkə, 1602–86, German physicist, noted for his study of pneumatics. He carried out his most important researches while burgomaster (1646–81) of Magdeburg. In the course of his attempts to create a vacuum he made the first air pump (c.1650). To demonstrate the pressure of air he devised the so-called Magdeburg hemispheres—two hollow copper hemispheres fitted together to form a globe c.14 in. (36 cm) in diameter from which the air could be pumped. A famous woodcut depicts the claim that it required two opposing eight-horse teams to pull the hemispheres apart. He invented (1660) a machine to generate electricity from the friction of the hand held against a rotating sulfur ball; he also predicted the periodicity of comets.

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...Hanover Leibnitz supported his Duke and Otto von Grote, the prime minister, in their...already been pointed out by Eduard von Hartmann in his History of Metaphysics...was the Austrian diplomat Franz Paul von Lisola. In his masterly polemic Bouclier...
...Germany, this time supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Although I had returned...1989. G: Die philosophischen Schriften von Leibniz , ed. C. I. Gerhardt, 7 vols...remains helpful: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibnitz: Eine Biographie. Since the publication...
...Data Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Correspondence / G.W. Leibniz...1. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716- Correspondence. 2. Clarke...Salle, IL: Open Court, 1985) K Die Werke von Leibniz, ed. 0. Klopp, 11 vols. (Hanover...
...in the United States is a German, Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz, general manager of the General Electric Co. To Otto von Guericke, Burgomaster of Magdeburg, is due the first air-pump; about 1675 he invented the first electric machine. He was...
...Poesie William Lilly born Otto von Guericke born Bodleian library established...Tate born Inigo Jones dies Otto von Guericke invents air pump William Byrd...Scarlatti born 1686 Otto von Guericke dies Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit...
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...name now finds resonance in the citys university, Otto von Guericke recorded the destruction of the city by Imperial...authors. These nineteenth century lost lives include: Otto Klopp, Graf von Villermont, Ludwig Grafen von Uetterodt zu Schaffenberg...
...simultaneous ascending auctions. FEMM Working Papers 07025, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Fullbrunn, S., Sadrieh, A...Sascha Fullbrunn (a) and Tibor Neugebauer (b) * (a) Otto von Guerricke University Magdeburg, Germany;(b) University...
...Development have worked in international E-Teams with students from Fontys University in the Netherlands and The Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany. Using video conferencing, the Internet and phone the teams with at least three...
...Received May 1999. Revised January 2002. Bertrand KOEBEL Otto-von-Guericke University, D39016 Magdeburg, Germany (koebel@ww.uni-magdeburg.de...
...Carsten Hefeker is with HWWA-Institute of International Economics Hamburg and CESifo in Munich. Ronnie Schob is with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and CESifo in Munich. The authors wish to thank Franceso Lippi and two anonymous referees for...
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...Library with a Generous, Dynamic Interior. by Christian Brensing Located on the river Elbe, Magdeburgs Otto von Guericke University is slowly but steadily establishing an enviable collection of contemporary architecture. New work for...
...institute dedicated to developing, testing and marketing new cladding technologies, the building sits on the edge of the Otto von Guericke University campus. Formerly in the GDR, Magdeburgs social and economic fortunes have languished since reunification...


 

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GUERICKE, OTTO VON o to f n ga rik , 1602 86, German physicist, noted for his study of pneumatics. He carried out his most important researches...
...13th-century cathedral. The city is the birthplace of Otto von Guericke (1602 86), the physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg...the composer G. P. Telemann (1681 1767); and Baron von Steuben (1730 94), the Prussian general who fought in...
...electricity from the Greek word for amber. As a result, Gilbert is called the father of modern electricity. In 1660 Otto von Guericke invented a crude machine for producing static electricity. It was a ball of sulfur, rotated by a crank with one hand...


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