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Gilbert of Colchester, father of electrical science : a reprint of the chapter on electrics from De magnete, lib. 2 (1903)

Gilbert, William, 1544-1603, Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916, Chiswick Press · London : Chiswick Press · leaf 32

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