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De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata | William GILBERT | 1st Edition
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William Gilbert, De magnete (London: Peter Short, 1600). | St John's College, University of Cambridge
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GILBERT, William (1544-1603). De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata. London: Peter Short, 1600.
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Illustration from De Magnete, etc. by William Gilbert (1600, translated 1900), showing an instrument for measuring declination; 1600; On the Magnet, etc., available freely at Project Gutenberg; William Gilbert (1544–1603) Alternative names
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