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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 252

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is attracted to A, until, being turned round, they form connec-tion and are held together. For this reason, iron bars placed *on parallels near the equator of a terrella whose poles are AB^do not combine and do not cohere firmly; but when placed … alongside on a meridian line, at once they become firmly joined, =not only on the stone and near it, but at any distance within 196 WILLIAM GILBERT. the magnetic field of the controlling loadstone. Thus they areheld fast together at E, but not at C of the other figure. Forthe opposite ends C and F…

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