Question

Otto von Guericke demonstrated the magnitude of atmospheric pressure using horses and hemispheres. The hemispheres could not be pulled apart because​

Answer 1

• Otto Von Guericke conducted an experiment in which he slammed two hemispheres together.
• Using a vacuum, he sucked all the atmospheric pressure from inside creating a vacuum.
• As the atmospheric pressure outside the hemispheres was extremely high, it was tough to tear the hemispheres apart.
• Using 16 horses to pull 1 hemisphere, the hemispheres were detached showing the experiment of atmospheric pressure