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William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London, on the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth. A New Physiology, Demonstrated with Many Arguments and Experiments.
In 1600, after centuries of western compass use, William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth I's personal physician, produced a book about magnets that also described the whole Earth as one.
William Gilbert of Colchester: a Sketch of his Magnetic Philosophy. By Charles E. Benham. Pp. 96. (Colchester: Benham and Co., 1902.) Price 2s. net.
Explore the history and science of magnetism! From magnetite and compasses to Gilbert's discoveries, Oersted's electromagnetism, & Faraday's demonstrations. Learn about magnetic fields and more.
THERE is no more famous book in the history of science than William Gilbert's De Magnete (On the Magnet), published in London in 1600. It is usually called the first great scientific work written b ...
THIS four hundredth anniversary of William Gilbert's birth† offers an occasion for a brief review of his influence on the science of his time (apart from medicine), and of his researches and ...
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