Guericke

[ gair-uh-kee, -kuh, gwair-; German gy-ri-kuh ]

/ ˈgɛər ə ki, -kə, ˈgwɛər-; German ˈgü rɪ kə /

noun

Ot·to von

[awt-oh-fuh n] /ˈɔt oʊ fən/, 1602–86, German physicist.

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Examples from the Web for guericke

Guericke's house and family were saved, but the sufferings of the city were not yet ended.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns
The experiments which Guericke made with his air-pump aroused the attention of the princes, and especially Emperor Ferdinand.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Guericke was called to perform his experiments before the Emperor.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Guericke first observed the repulsive power of electricity, and the light and noise produced by it.
The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, [Vol 1 of 3]|Benjamin Franklin

The author admits that such an objection would have great reasonableness, and that Guericke's feat is a little hard to class.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske

British Dictionary definitions for guericke

Guericke

/ (German ˈɡeːrikə) /

noun

Otto von. 1602–86, German physicist: invented the air pump (1650) and demonstrated the power of a vacuum with the Magdeburg hemispheres

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