Definitions for Guericke

Guericke Gue·rick·e

Spelling: [gair-uh-kee, -kuh, gwair-; Guericke is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in Guericke (ceegikru).

Definitions for Guericke

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  1. Otto von [awt-oh-fuh n] /ˈɔt oʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1602–86, German physicist.

Examples for Guericke

Papin had observed that, in Guericke's experiment, air-pressure lifted several men off their feet.

Guericke entered the service of Saxony, and was again made mayor of the city.

Hawkesbee constructed a glass machine that was an improvement over that of Guericke.

Guericke, better known as the inventor of the air-pump, made a sulphur-ball machine, often claimed to have been the first.

Of the two, Guericke seems to have covered a wider field, and to have been more distinctly an inventor.

The experiments which Guericke made with his air-pump aroused the attention of the princes, and especially Emperor Ferdinand.

Guericke's house and family were saved, but the sufferings of the city were not yet ended.

Guericke was called to perform his experiments before the Emperor.

Here he devised several modifications of the instruments of Guericke, and printed a description of them.

The author admits that such an objection would have great reasonableness, and that Guericke's feat is a little hard to class.

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