Author:William Gilbert (1544-1603)

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William Gilbert
(1544–1603)

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English physician, astronomer, physicist and natural philosopher; early Copernican, and passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600), and is credited as one of the originators of the term electricity; regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism.

Works

On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth (English Translation by Sylvanus P. Thompson, 1900)

Works about Gilbert

"Gilbert, William (1540-1603)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Gilbert, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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