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William Gilbert and the Science of his Time*

Nature volume 154, pages 132–136 (1944)Cite this article

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THIS four hundredth anniversary of William Gilbert's birth† offers an occasion for a brief review of his influence on the science of his time (apart from medicine), and of his researches and book on magnetism and electricity, the firm base of his enduring fame.

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CHAPMAN, S. William Gilbert and the Science of his Time*. Nature 154, 132–136 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154132a0

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