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On This Day: According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta... (1663)

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On March 14, 1663: According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion....

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