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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 294

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erect; and also when a piece of iron wire laid on the pole in-clines more to one side than the other. For experiment take … a piece of iron wire three finger-widths long, resting on thepole A so that its middle lies over the pole. One of the endsturns toward C and will not rest in position toward B; yet, ina terrella that is flawless and even all over, it will be at rest on 238 WILLIAM GILBERT. the pole no matter toward…

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