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 256
netic law, toward theearths poles in the first figure of the stone, whether unbrokenor divided as in the second figure ; and FE of the second figure,when the two parts come together and form one body, is asperfect a magnetic mass as was CD when first produced in themine; and FE, placed on a float,… … sprouts readily; and let A be the upper part of the branchand be the part rootward. Divide the branch at CD. Now, Ozier, osier, a species of willow {salix). 200 WILLIAM GILBERT. the extremity CD^ if skilfully grafted again on Z?, begins togrow, just as B and A, when united, become consolidated…
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