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Name: Otto Von Guericke
Birth Date: October 20, 1602
Death Date: May 11, 1686
Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Prussian Saxony (now Germany)
Place of Death: Hamburg, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: physicist, politician

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Biography of Otto von Guericke
707 words, approx. 2 pages
Otto von Guericke was born on November 20, 1602, in Magdeburg, Germany. While he studied mathematics, law, and engineering, Guericke would become famous for his experiments with a vacuum and air pressure. Following travels to England and France,...
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Biography of Otto von Guericke
706 words, approx. 2 pages
Otto von Guericke was born on November 20, 1602, in Magdeburg, Germany. While he studied mathematics, law, and engineering, Guericke would become famous for his experiments with a vacuum and air pressure. He died at the age of 83, in Hamburg, Germany,...
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Biography of Otto von Guericke
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Otto von Guericke, born on November 20, 1602, in Magdeburg, Germany, was the P. T. Barnum of the seventeenth century. He studied mathematics, law, and engineering. Following travels to England and France, Guericke returned to Magdeburg in 1627 and...
 


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Guericke, Otto Von (1602-1686) Summary
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German politician and physicist Otto von Guericke, born in Magdeburg, Germany, was a scientific showman during the seventeenth century. He studied mathematics, law, and engineering. Following travels to England and France, Guericke returned to...
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Otto Von Guericke Summary
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1602-1686 German Physicist Otto von Guericke, a German aristocrat and politician, made important contributions to two of the liveliest areas of physical investigation in the seventeenth century. He is credited with the invention of the air pump, a...
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Otto Von Guericke Summary
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1602-1686 German physicist and engineer who invented the air pump, which he used to study how air was used in respiration and combustion. Guericke completed his university education with degrees in law, mathematics, and mechanics. In 1631, he was hired...
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Otto von Guericke Information
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Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke) [ˈgeːʁɪkə] (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...


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Motion System Design
Otto von Guericke--"air head" extraordinaire.(Brushing up)(Biography)
01/01/2008: 909 words, approx. 3 pages
Otto von Guericke--statesman, scientist, and engineer--was born in 1602 in the town of Magdeburg (Germany) along the Elba river in Prussian Saxony. He studied law at the University of Leipzig, and then went on to pursue mathematics, mechanics, and military engineering at the...
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Contemporary Review
Otto von Habsburg and the future of Europe.
01/01/2004: 1,589 words, approx. 5 pages
THE public profile of Otto von Habsburg has risen high in recent years. Since 1989 he has been seen, quite rightly, as one of the prime movers in the issues of a liberated Eastern Europe. This is not surprising in one sense, as...
 


 

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