The intellectual rise in electricity; a history (1895)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 360
o first recognized, notthat filings erected themselves hair-like about a stone, forPorta had done that, but that they grouped themselves ina definite way, branching from the poles, making what wenow term the magnetic spectrum. Acute as he was, Cabaeus failed to see all that was thuswritten for him.… … CABAEUS PICTURE OF THE MAGNETIC SPECTRUM.1 enough to dispose of Gilberts notion and so to serve hispurpose. Cabaeus is the very Mercutio of philosophers. He iscaustic and witty—his dialectic sword is ready and needle-pointed—his mental agility is swift. He flits around Gil-bert like a wasp,…
Electricity · Magnetism
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