oadftone direftly at the poles only, in other parts ob-D 25 Hquely and tranfverfely, and in this way alfo they adhereand hang to one another. Eleftrical motion is a motionof aggregation of matter; magnetical motion is one ofdifpofition and conformation. The globe of the earth isaggregated and… … A SUMMARY OF GILBERTS ELECTRICAL WORK. O distinguish his original discoveries fromthings already known, Gilbert set in themargin of his book asterisks, large or small,in proportion to the importance of the matter.These have been preserved in the foregoingreprint; and it will be seen that he…
Magnetism · Electromagnetic Phenomena
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