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Quotation from On the Magnet (De Magnete) by William Gilbert
“for nothing hath been set down in these books which hath not been explored and many times performed and repeated amongst us.”
On the Magnet (De Magnete), Preface to the Candid Reader, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club
Gilbert assures readers that every experiment reported was repeated, and asks them to repeat it carefully.
Citation: "for nothing hath been set down in these books which hath not been explored and many times performed and repeated amongst us." — William Gilbert, On the Magnet (De Magnete), Preface to the Candid Reader, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club. (id gilbert-de-magnete-q2)
Portrait: William Gilbert, Unknown artist, Public domain.
