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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. On the Lodestone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth: a New Physiology Demonstrated With Many Arguments and Experiments. Book.

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8vo. 196 pp. 28 figures; pages 69-70 creased and corner torn away. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Ex-library copy â" bookplate of the Los Angeles County Medical Assoc. Historical Collection; spine call no. over-painted. Generally very good. The primary scientific work of William Gilbert â" much inspired by earlier works of Robert Norman â" was De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth) published in 1600. In this work, Gilbert described many of his experiments with his model Earth called the terrella. From these experiments, he concluded that the Earth was itself magnetic and that this was the reason compasses point north (previously, some believed that it was the pole star (Polaris) or a large magnetic island on the north pole that attracted the compass). He was the first to argue that the centre of the Earth was iron, and he considered an important and related property of magnets, being that they can be cut, each forming a new magnet with north and south poles. â" Wikip. / Duane Roller, was McCasland Professor and David Ross Boyd Professor of the History of Science, Curator of the History of Science Collections, of the University of Oklahoma. This work was the basis of his 1954 dissertation.…

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Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 368 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1893. Text in English. This work is a translation of William Gilbert's seminal study on magnetism, originally published in Latin. It explores the properties of the lodestone and magnetic bodies, as well as the Earth's magnetic field, through extensive arguments and experiments. Gilbert's contributions laid the foundations for modern understanding of magnetism and geophysics. The text is a valuable resource for historians of science and scholars interested in early modern scientific thought. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…