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Definition of Magdeburg hemispheres

Magdeburg hemispheres
Magdeburg Mag"de*burg, n. A city of Saxony. Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres. See under Century, and Hemisphere.

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- The Magdeburg hemispheres are a pair of large copper hemispheres with mating rims that were used in a famous 1654 experiment to demonstrate the power of...
- was Otto von Guericke, famous for his experiments with the Magdeburg hemispheres. Magdeburg has experienced three major devastations in its history. In...
- Roman Empire. He built a vacuum pump, pumped air out of two joined Magdeburg hemispheres, attached a team of horses to each side, and had them pull. He demonstrated...
- the force of atmospheric pressure by Otto von Guericke using the Magdeburg hemispheres in 1656, laboratory experiments by Denis Papin, who built experimental...
- and conducted his famous Magdeburg hemispheres experiment, showing that, owing to atmospheric pressure outside the hemispheres, teams of horses could not...
- atmospheric pressure and the effectiveness of his vacuum pump, using the Magdeburg hemispheres, before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Imperial Diet...
- the world's first vacuum pump and demonstrated a vacuum using his Magdeburg hemispheres. Guericke was driven to make a vacuum in order to disprove Aristotle's...
- column of air. Magdeburg hemispheres (1654): Otto von Guericke demonstrates atmospheric pressure using a pair of hollow copper hemisphere. Spring of air...
- Habermehl (1576) 1650: First vacuum pump by Otto von Guericke 1654: Magdeburg hemispheres by Otto von Guericke 1663: First electrostatic generator by Otto...
- has media related to Suction cups. Airlock Horror vacui (physics) Magdeburg hemispheres Self-sealing suction cup ""Suction Cup" m-w.com". Merriam Webster:...