expounderof Copernicus. In an age given over to metaphysicalobscurities and dogmatic sophistry, he cultivated themethod of experiment and of reasoning from observa-tion, with an insight and success which entitles him tobe regarded as the father of the indu6live method. Thatmethod, so often… … GILBERTS MAGNETIC DISCOVERIES. ILBERT*S magnetic work has been so oftendescribed that a brief summary will heresuffice. Trying the properties of loadstonesin innumerable experiments lasting over manyyears, he was led to several notable discoveries,and to one generalization of immense im-portance.…
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