Guericke

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

noun

1. Ot·to von [awt, -oh-f, uh, n], 1602–86, German physicist.

Guericke

/ ˈɡeːrikə /

noun

1. GuerickeOtto von16021686MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Otto von. 1602–86, German physicist: invented the air pump (1650) and demonstrated the power of a vacuum with the Magdeburg hemispheres

Example Sentences

Of the two, Guericke seems to have covered a wider field, and to have been more distinctly an inventor.

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Guericke, better known as the inventor of the air-pump, made a sulphur-ball machine, often claimed to have been the first.

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Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, invented the electrical machine for generating large quantities of the electric fire.

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Guericke was called to perform his experiments before the Emperor.

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Still another important discovery, that of electrical conduction, was made by Von Guericke.

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