William Gilbert in his study writing his book De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth). William Gilbert or Gilberd, 1544 – 1603. English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

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