William Gilbert of Colchester, physician of London, On the loadstone and magnetic bodies and on the great magnet the earth. A new physiology, demonstrated with many arguments and experiments .. (1893)
Gilbert, William, 1544-1603, Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, tr, Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 245
proceeds along the stones meridian circles from the equinoc-tial to the poles invariably, in virtue of an innate energy thatbelongs to matter, owing to the long and secular position, andbearings toward the earths poles, of a body possessing the fitproperties ; and such body is endowed with force…
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