Copies of Large Magdeburg Hemispheres
- Made:
- 1660 (original); 1876 (copy) in Regensburg and Birmingham
- inventor:
- Otto von Guericke
Copy of a pair of large Magdeburg hemispheres used by Otto von Guericke. The originals were exhibited in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus of 1876
Details
- Category:
- Vacuum Technology
- Object Number:
- 1877-3
- Measurements:
-
overall; pallet: 620 mm x 1280 mm x 1030 mm,
- type:
- magdeburg hemispheres and replica
- credit:
- Purchased, Elkington and Company
