Model of the Magdeburg Experiment
notes: label: Description
content: Otto Von Guericke (1602-1686), the scientifically-minded mayor of Magdeburg, demonstrated the effects of a vacuum and of atmospheric pressure by joining one hollow hemisphere with another, evacuating the air between the two, and showing how hard it then was to pull the two apart. In time, Magdeburg hemispheres became popular pieces of scientific apparatus. This model of the Magdeburg experiment was made by the Smithsonian, for use in exhibitions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.308465.02
label: accession number
content: 91736
label: catalog number
content: 308465.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model of the Magdeburg Experiment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 95.5 cm x 18 cm; 6 5/16 in x 37 5/8 in x 7 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 37 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 95.5675 cm x 18.0975 cm