The New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke

The System of the World, According to the More Common Philosophical Theories

1. What the World is, or What is Usually Understood by the Term, World

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 1-4

2. The Motion of Stars, the Wanderers or Planets, as Well as the Stationary or Fixed Stars

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 5-7

3. The Two Systems of the Ancients: That Based Upon the Presumed Inactivity of the Earth and That Based Upon Its Movement

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 7-8

4. A Brief Resume of the System of the World Based Upon Ptolemy’s Theory of the Immovability of the Earth

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 9-12

5. A Revised Pythagorean System of the World Wherein, According to Copernicus, the Sun is Held to be in its Center

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 12-14

6. The Daily and Annual Movement of the Earth According to Copernicus

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 14-15

7. Objections of the Astronomers and Natural Philosophers to the Copernican System

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 15-17

8. Objections to the Copernican Theory from the Sacred Scriptures and Their Refutations

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 17-25

9. The World System According to Tycho Brahe, the Noble Dane. He Assigns the Earth to the Center of the World and the Sun to the Center of the Planets Which Revolve Around it (with the Exception of the Moon)

   • Otto Von Guericke

   Pages 26-29

10. Another System Wherein the Earth is Situated in the Center of the World and Moves About Its Own Axis in the Space of Twenty-Four Hours

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 29-31

11. The Corrected and Improved Copernican Theory of the World

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 31-31

12. The Sun

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 31-32

13. The Sun Spots

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 32-34

14. Mercury

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 34-35

15. Venus

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 35-36

16. The Earth and the Moon

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 36-36

17. Mars

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 36-39

18. Jupiter

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 39-40

19. Saturn and Planets in General

    • Otto Von Guericke

    Pages 40-41