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Who invented the vacuum pump?
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SSC CGL 2017 (Tier 1) Previous Year Paper (16-Aug-2017) (Shift 1)
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Otto von Guericke
The vacuum pump was invented by Otto von Guericke, a German scientist and engineer.
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