Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
New American Oxford Dictionary

Guericke, Otto von

Gue rick e, Otto von |ˈgerikə ˈɡɛrɪkə | (1602 –86 ), German engineer and physicist. He was the first to investigate the properties of a vacuum, and he devised the Magdeburg hemispheres to demonstrate atmospheric pressure.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Guericke, Otto von

Guericke, Otto von |ˈgɛːrɪkə | (1602 –86 ), German engineer and physicist. He was the first to investigate the properties of a vacuum, and he devised the Magdeburg hemispheres to demonstrate atmospheric pressure.

 

Duden Dictionary

Guericke

Gue ri cke Eigenname |ˈgeː …|deutscher Physiker