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Chiswick Press. 1903. Small 4to. Publisher's linen-backed blue paper boards with signature of William Gilbert reproduced to front; pp.16; a little browning to front board, otherwise a very good, crisp copy, inscribed by the author to another William Gilbert, an electrical engineer from Leeds, to ffep.First and only edition. Thompson gave this lecture concerning Gilbert, the 'father' of modern magnetism, at the 23rd March 1903 meeting of the Royal Geographical Society which was on the occasion of the tercentenary of Elizabeth I's death. Seller Inventory # 313480
Title: William Gilbert and Terrestrial Magnetism in...
Publication Date: 1903
Binding: Hardcover