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    Otto von Guericke (UK: /ˈɡɛərɪkə/ GAIR-ik-ə, US: /ˈɡ(w)ɛərɪkə, -ki/ G(W)AIR-ik-ə, -⁠ee, German: [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈɡeːʁɪkə] ; spelled Gericke until 1666; 30...
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    The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (German pronunciation) (Short: OVGU) is a public research university founded in 1993 and is located in Magdeburg...
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    Hanseatic League. One of the most notable people from the city is Otto von Guericke, famous for his experiments with the Magdeburg hemispheres. Magdeburg...
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    hemispheres were invented by German scientist and mayor of Magdeburg, Otto von Guericke, to demonstrate the air pump that he had invented and the concept...
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    Guericke is the remnant of a lunar impact crater at the north part of the Mare Nubium. It is named after German scientist Otto von Guericke. To the north-northwest...
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    commissioned into the Volksmarine as the 570 Otto von Guericke, named for 17th century Prussian scientist Otto von Guericke. Following the 1990 Reunification of...
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    May 1631 as an anti-personnel load, which, according to counselor Otto von Guericke, was one reason for the extreme violence of the victorious attackers...
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    Baptist van Helmont (1577–1644) Franz Kessler (1580–1650) Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) Adrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638) Johann Friedrich Schweitzer (1625–1709)...
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    not depend upon the air as a medium. This was followed in 1660 by Otto von Guericke, who invented an early electrostatic generator. By the end of the...
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  • three years earlier by Gasparo Berti. 1650: Vacuum pump: Invented by Otto von Guericke. 1656: Pendulum clock: Invented by Christiaan Huygens. It was first...
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