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Otto von Guericke
Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke, ) (November 20, 1602 – May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 – May 21, 1686 (Gregorian calendar) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician. His major scientific achievement was the establishment of the physics of vacuums.
BiographyGuericke was born to a patrician family of Magdeburg, Germany. He served as the mayor of Magdeburg from 1646 to 1676. Air Pressure and the Vacuum
L'electrisée: an electrostatic device demonstrating "this virtue, almost magic,... called electric" (engraving, c. 1750) With his experiments Guericke disproved the hypothesis of "horror vacui", that nature abhors a vacuum, which for centuries was a problem for philosophers and scientists. Guericke proved that substances were not pulled by a vacuum, but were pushed by the pressure of the surrounding fluids. Other researchGuericke applied the barometer to weather prediction and thus prepared the way for meteorology. His later works focused on electricity, but little is preserved of his results. He invented the first electrostatic generator, the "Elektrisiermaschine", of which a version is illustrated in the engraving by Hubert-François Gravelot, ca 1750 (illustration, right). Guericke died on May 11, 1686 in Hamburg, Germany. The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg is named after him. Literature(All these books are in German)
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