National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electrostatic Generator 1706
Otto von Guericke's electrostatic machine evolved into increasingly improved instruments in the hands of later scientists. In the early 1700s, an Englishman named Francis Hauksbee designed his own electrostatic generator, a feat stemming...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Sulfur Globe 1660
In the 17th century, German scientist Otto von Guericke built and carried out experiments with a sulfur globe that produced static electricity.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Otto Von Guericke (1602 1686)
A portrait of Otto von Guericke from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Otto Von Guericke (1602 1686)
A portrait of Otto von Guericke from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.