Even more interesting is how hard it is to convey is how utterly badass Otto von Geuricke was. Not only did he survive, he also traveled a lot for someone of his day and was highly educated, specially in fortification design. He returned to Magdeburg to help oversee it's reconstruction and later became Bürgermeister. His experiment to demonstrate the power of a vacuum could also be compared to some sort of modern day spectacle. Imagine being someone this time period and witnessing 16 horses, 8 on each side, trying to pull apart a round metal ball and failing. It would be astounding.
Even more interesting is how hard it is to convey is how utterly badass Otto von Geuricke was. Not only did he survive, he also traveled a lot for someone of his day and was highly educated, specially in fortification design. He returned to Magdeburg to help oversee it's reconstruction and later became Bürgermeister. His experiment to demonstrate the power of a vacuum could also be compared to some sort of modern day spectacle. Imagine being someone this time period and witnessing 16 horses, 8 on each side, trying to pull apart a round metal ball and failing. It would be astounding.
And he is namesake of our Uni.
I know. I went there too. Ich denke laufend für die OvGU