What is the famous experiment Guericke is known for?
Electric battery
Magdeburg hemispheres
Pendulum
Leiden jar
Answer
The Magdeburg hemispheres, famously known for the Magdeburg experiment conducted by Otto von Guericke in 1654, demonstrated the power of air pressure. By creating a vacuum inside two large copper hemispheres and using a team of horses to pull them apart, Guericke dramatically illustrated the immense force exerted by the Earth's atmosphere.
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