 This work of Dr. Gilbert's relates chiefly to the loadstone, and what we call magnets, that is, pieces of steel which have acquired properties similar to those of the loadstone. But he extends the term magnetism, and the epithet magnetic, to all bodies...  A System of Mechanical Philosophy - Síða 208eftir John Robison - 1822 - 50 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | William Gilbert - 1893 - 440 síður
..."System of Mechanical Philosophy," London 1822, page 2o9. which he lived, and is scarcely exceeded by any that has appeared since. We may hold it with justice as the first-fruits of the Baconian or experimental philosophy. "This work of Dr. Gilbert's relates chiefly... | |
 | 1922 - 734 síður
...more real information than any writing of the age in which he lived, and is scarcely exceeded by any that has appeared since. We may hold it with justice...fruits of the Baconian or experimental philosophy." Elsewhere, Prof. Robison remarks : " It is not saying too much of this work to affirm that it contains... | |
 | 1922 - 736 síður
...more real information than any writing of the age in which he lived, and is scarcely exceeded by any that has appeared since. We may hold it with justice...fruits of the Baconian or experimental philosophy." Elsewhere, Prof. Robison remarks : " It is not saying too much of this work to affirm that it contains... | |
 | William Gilbert - 1958 - 440 síður
..."System of Mechanical Philosophy," London 1822, page 209. which he lived, and is scarcely exceeded by any that has appeared since. We may hold it with justice as the first-fruits of the Baconian or experimental philosophy. "This work of Dr. Gilbert's relates chiefly... | |
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