Annotated Latin Edition of Otto von Guericke's Sulfur Globe Experiments (Experimenta Nova, Bk. IV Ch. 15)


 

Below you'll find an Orberg-style annotated edition of the original Latin text from Otto von Guericke's 1672 book, Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica, book 4, chapter 15, where von Guericke describes the his famous sulfur globe experiments. The Latin is very readable for anyone who has finished Orberg's Lingua Latin per se Illustrata: Familia Romana, the first book in the LLPSI series. New words are listed on the side with a Latin-only definition, synonym, or antonym (usually adapted from Forcellini or other Latin synonym dictionaries). 



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