Magdeburg Hemispheres

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Condition :   Excellent  
Principle :   Air Pressure   
Area of Study :  Heat & Fluids  
Equipment :   Magdeburg hemispheres.
Procedure :   Some vacuum grease should be applied to the hemispheres to insure a good seal. Align the arrows that are scratched into the hemispheres to insure success of this demo.  
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   References
Donald E. Shult,  "Pulling Your Cups Apart!"  TPT, Vol. 26, # 7, p. 424, (October 1988).

Mike McIntosh, Ann Brandon, "Pressure and Force", TPT, Vol. 25, # 8, Nov.1987, p. 534.

Carl H. Hayn, "Archimedes and the Magdeburg Hemispheres", TPT, Vol. 13, # 1, Jan. 1975, p. 42.

Ernest Hammond, "Demonstration of Atmospheric Pressure", TPT, Vol. 3, # 6, Sept. 1965, p. 285.

 

Fd- 2:  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.

 

F- 015:  "Magdeburg Hemispheres,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

F- 020:  "Balloon With 2 Cups,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

 

Robert Ehrlich,  "Pulling Two Plungers Apart,"  Turning the World Inside Out, p. 101-102.



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