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Quotation from On the Magnet (De Magnete) by William Gilbert
“we have to establish & present to the view of the learned our New & unheard of doctrine about the earth”
On the Magnet (De Magnete), Book I, Ch. XVII, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club
Gilbert introduces his claim that the globe of the earth is magnetic.
Citation: "we have to establish & present to the view of the learned our New & unheard of doctrine about the earth" — William Gilbert, On the Magnet (De Magnete), Book I, Ch. XVII, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club. (id gilbert-de-magnete-q5)
Portrait: William Gilbert, Unknown artist, Public domain.
