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,...

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,...

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...

The German physicist Otto von Guericke (1602-1686), known for his invention of the vacuum pump, also investigated the properties of air and the atmosphere. Otto von Guericke was born on November 20, 1602, in Magdeburg (then in Prussian Saxony and now...