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De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata | William GILBERT | 1st Edition
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William Gilbert (1544-1603) - News about Energy Storage, Batteries, Climate Change and the Environment
![Gilbert's experiment to demonstrate that two pieces of iron wire, A,B, placed near the pole, C, of a magnet, will have the same magnetism induced in them and so repel one another. Gilbert's experiment to demonstrate that two pieces of iron wire, A,B, placed near the pole, C, of a magnet, will have the same magnetism induced in them and so repel one another.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D96DD8/gilberts-experiment-to-demonstrate-that-two-pieces-of-iron-wire-ab-D96DD8.jpg)
Gilbert's experiment to demonstrate that two pieces of iron wire, A,B, placed near the pole, C, of a magnet, will have the same magnetism induced in them and so repel one another.
![The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors, by W. James King. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors, by W. James King.](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31999/31999-h/images/title.jpg)
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors, by W. James King.
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![The Magnetic Attraction of William Gilbert, pioneer of geomagnetism | Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press The Magnetic Attraction of William Gilbert, pioneer of geomagnetism | Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press](http://www.cambridgeblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Figure-4.4-de-magnete-page-155-462x290.jpg)
The Magnetic Attraction of William Gilbert, pioneer of geomagnetism | Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press
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GILBERT, William (1544-1603). De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrata. London: Peter Short, 1600.
![William Gilbert, De magnete (London: Peter Short, 1600). | St John's College, University of Cambridge William Gilbert, De magnete (London: Peter Short, 1600). | St John's College, University of Cambridge](https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/library/special_collections/magnet2.jpg)
William Gilbert, De magnete (London: Peter Short, 1600). | St John's College, University of Cambridge
![Illustration from De Magnete by William Gilbert, published in 1600 showing a magnetic needle slanting at the dip angle when suspended in water with just enough buoyancy to keep it hovering. Magnetic Illustration from De Magnete by William Gilbert, published in 1600 showing a magnetic needle slanting at the dip angle when suspended in water with just enough buoyancy to keep it hovering. Magnetic](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G16ET0/illustration-from-de-magnete-by-william-gilbert-published-in-1600-G16ET0.jpg)