Otto von Guericke
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Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics o
Otto von Guericke, engraving after a portrait by Anselm van Hulle (1601–1674)
Sack of Magdeburg, imperial troops have conquered the toll redoubt and enter the suburbs, April 1631
Portrait of Otto von Guericke by Anselm van Hulle (at the Gripsholm Castle)
First page of a 1672 copy of "Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio"
Electrostatic generator
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An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. The knowledge of static el
Otto von Guericke
…his scientific knowledge in each other's support to serve his city's political agenda. Demonstrations of his inventions, such as the air-pump and the electrostatic generator were meant to impress his audiences and improve and extend political communication. He would, if necessary forgo scientific and technical elaborations…
A Van de Graaff generator, for classroom demonstrations
12" Quadruple Sector-less Wimshurst Machine (Bonetti Machine)
Typical friction machine using a glass globe, common in the 18th century
Martinus van Marum's Electrostatic generator at Teylers Museum