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Figure 5

Photograph of an 1876 copy of Magdeburg Hemispheres from 1660 – two hollow semi spheres used for demonstrating the suction of a vacuum

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An 1876 copy of large Magdeburg hemispheres, circa 1660

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/140104/005