New year "Rosh Hashana" Sale - Diamonds&Jewelry, Antique& Art
Lot 1825:
A beautiful item for collectors – 19th century Emisferi di Magdeburgo – Magdeburg’s hemisphere experiment was conducted by Otto von Grica, Mayor of Magdeburg, in 1654, and came to illustrate the power of air pressure. Otto von Grica was a German scientist, inventor and politician. In 1650 he invented the vacuum pump. His pump was built of a metal cylinder, a piston and two valves – 25 cm high
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