William Gilbert of Colchester, physician of London, On the loadstone and magnetic bodies, and on the great magnet the earth :

A new physiology, demonstrated with many arguments and experiments [1600] /
A translation by P. Fleury Mottelay.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Gilbert, William, 1544-1603.
Contributors: Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : B. Quaritch, 1893.
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Notes:Includes facsimile t.-p. of three editions of De magnete: 1st edition, 1600; 2d edition, 1628; 3d edition, 1633. Also, facsimile t.-p. of Gilbert's De mundo nostro sublunari philosophia nova, 1651.

"To the most learned Mr. William Gilbert ... A laundatory address concerning these books on magnetism, by Edward Wright": p. xxxvii-xiv.

"Biographical memoir": p. ix-xxvii.

Physical description: xxvii, xxxi-liv, 368 p. : port., facsims. ; 26 cm. (8vo)

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