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Guilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete : magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata

Gilbert, William, 1544-1603, Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615, Short, Peter, d. 1603, printer, Perrin de Sanson, Alexis Ferréol, former owner. DSI, Francke, Abrahamus, former owner. DSI, Aguesseau, H. Fr. d' (Henri François), 1668-1751, former owner. DSI, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1600 · Londini : Excudebat Petrus Short · 187 pictures

William Gilbert's Latin treatise on magnetism and the earth as a magnet, printed in London by Peter Short in 1600 for natural philosophers and navigators. The woodcut diagrams set instruments into the text block: a graduated semicircular arc, a suspended needle in a boxed frame, fine radiating hatch lines, and numbered degree scales useful as technical ornament.

Early works to 1850 · Early works to 1800 · Electricity · Magnetism · Scientific apparatus and instruments

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