Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Archive for the 'Magnes' Category
Gilbert: Dealing with Obliquity and Anomaly
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
[ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, p. 238-39 (Translation, p. 356-57) *
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William Gilbert: Magnetic spheres*
Monday, June 6th, 2011
[ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, p. 206. (*: Translation, p. 306)
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William Gilbert: Dip again
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Dip is a rotation. Using this Diagram on the sea, will help you to find were you are. (Translation, p. 298). [ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, pp. 200-201. (more…)
Gilbert: An instrument*
Friday, May 13th, 2011
[ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, p. 192.