File:Gilbert De Magnete Illo044.jpg
Illustration from De Magnete, etc. by William Gilbert (1600, translated 1900), showing
iron wires standing on a terrella
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On the Magnet, etc., available freely at Project Gutenberg
Author
William Gilbert
(1544–1603) |
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Alternative names |
William Gilberd | ||
Description | English philosopher, physician, engineer, physicist, astronomer and naturalist English: physician to Elizabeth I and James I and scientific researcher into magnetism and electricity | ||
Date of birth/death | 24 May 1544 | 30 November 1603 | |
Location of birth/death | Colchester | London | |
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