Von Guericke's demonstration of the strength of

Von Guericke's demonstration of the strength of a vacuum. The man on the right is using an air pump to create the vacuum. The combined efforts of fifty men were used in the demonstration which took place at Ratisbon in 1654. From Experimenta Nova ut vocantur Magdeburgica De Vacuo Spatio ('New Magdeburg Experiments About the Vacuum'), Otto von Guericke, (Amsterdam, 1672). Engraving

1654 1672 Combined Create Efforts Experimenta Experiments Fifty Guericke Guerickes Magdeburg Nova Pneumatics Ratisbon Vacuum

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