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Quotation from On the Magnet (De Magnete) by William Gilbert
“A loadstone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like a living creature.”
On the Magnet (De Magnete), Book V, Ch. XII, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club
The opening of the chapter arguing that magnetic force is animate or imitates life.
Citation: "A loadstone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like a living creature." — William Gilbert, On the Magnet (De Magnete), Book V, Ch. XII, trans. Silvanus P. Thompson and the Gilbert Club. (id gilbert-de-magnete-q7)
Portrait: William Gilbert, Unknown artist, Public domain.
