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De Magnete
From the first great experimental scientist: the classic text, first published in Latin in 1600. Summarizes then-current knowledge of magnetism and electricity, offering insights into the origins of modern science.
William Gilbert, and Terrestrial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth: A Discourse
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William Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth
Delve into the fascinating world of terrestrial magnetism with Silvanus P. Thompson's discourse on William Gilbert. This book sheds light on the groundbreaking contributions of Gilbert, a prominent figure in the realm of physics during the Elizabethan era. Thompson's meticulous research and engaging narrative style bring to life the scientific achievements and discoveries of this pioneering physicist, offering readers a deep insight into the history of magnetism.
William Gilbert, and Terrestrial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth
Excerpt from William Gilbert, and Terrestrial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth: A Discourse At the time when fieering by the compafs was introduced into navigation, the compafs pointed in Middle Europe {0 nearly truly to the north that with the rough infirumental appliances at hand its deviation from the true north was feldom noticed, or if noticed afcribed to fome error in the fetting of the needle. Later the compafs-makers began to fet their needles ightly alkew beneath the card, according to the variation in the place of origin. Norman (1 58 I) f'rates that thofe ufed in the Levant, made in Sicily, Genoa, or Venice, had the needles firaight, while thofe ufed in Denmark and Flander...
William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London, on the Load Stone and Magnetic Bodies, ..
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William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London
Excerpt from 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 Mr. Joseph Wetzler, Dr. Joseph V. Livingston, Hon. Park Ben jamin, and Prof. Alfred M. Mayer. I am likewise indebted to Prof. Charles Sanders Peirce, to Mr. Latimer Clark, to Dr. Isaac H. Hall, and to Dr. Charlton T. Lewis for valuable suggestions as to the general treatment of the work, and, in the words of the celebrated English mathematician, Edward Wright, I doubt not that our united efforts will find the heartiest approval among all intelligent men and children of magnetic science. Abo...
