Experimenta Nova Ut Vocantur Magdeburgica De Vacuo Spatio Primum A R P Gaspare Schotto Nunc Vero Ab

by Otto Von Guericke

$50,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Amsterdam: Johanned Jansson Waesberge, 1672. First edition of one of the great classics of science. “A book of prime importance in electrical discovery, air-pressure and the vacuum pump” Dibner . Guericke proved the existence of a vacuum through his famous experiment, illustrated by one of the double-page plates. “At Ratisbon in 1654 Guericke had performed one of the most dramatic experiments in the history of

• Binding: Hardcover

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