Article: Gilbert, translated: Silvanus P. Thompson, the Gilbert Club, and the tercentenary edition of De Magnete.(Abstract/Resume analytique)

Article: William Gilbert
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ... ... to James I. In 1600 Gilbert published De magnete (On the Magnet, on Magnetic Bodies ... as late as 1822 it was asserted that De magnete contained almost everything known about ... gilbert. Further Reading Gilbert's De magnete (On the Magnet ) is available in several ...

Article: Gilbert, William
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography;      700+ words ... ... were published in 1600 under the title De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno ... introduced in the last section of the De Magnete; it is dependent on the latter work ... is Gilbert ’ s, work in the De magnete that gives him a place in the history ...

Gilbert, William.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     542 words ... ... magnetic phenomena, and published (1600) De Magnete, the most important work on < ... citation> See translations of his De Magnete by P. F. Mottelay (1893, reprinted ...

Article: Electricity and Magnetism: A Historical Perspective (Greenwood ...
School Science and Mathematics;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the Greek peninsula. In the references, the author of The De Magnete of William Gilbert should be Duane H. D. Roller; and ... additional aid. Several classic works, such as Gilbert's de Magnete are available in translation. The edition of The Papers of ...

Article: Gilbert, William (1544Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World;      700+ words ... ... scientist and physician. Gilbert is best known for his revolutionary theories on magnetism, published in his book De Magnete (or De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure ; On the loadstone and magnetic bodies, and on the ...

Article: Demystifying Magnetism.(early discoveries of magnetic properties)
World and I;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Published in 1600, De Magnete, William Gilbert's book on the properties of magnets, bridges ... changed by a Latin book that appeared in London in 1600 titled De Magnete (On the magnet). Its author was William Gilbert (see drawing ...

Gilbert, William.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     491 words ... ... between electric and magnetic phenomena, and published (1600) De Magnete, the most important work on magnetism until the early 19th ... lose its magnetism. Bibliography See translations of his De Magnete by P. F. Mottelay (1893, repr. 1958) and S. P. Thompson ...