On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earthOF COLCHESTER,Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips) Thompson translationChapter navigation15 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…OF COLCHESTER,ON THE MAGNET, MAGNETICKDr. William Gilbert,WILLIAM GILBERTWILLIAM GILBERT (continued 2)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 3)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 4)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 5)Cardan's error when he seeks the distance of the centre of the earth from the centre of the cosmos by the motion of the stone of Hercules; in his book 5, On Proportions.Cardan's error when he seeks the distance of the centre of the earth from the centre of the cosmos by the motion of the stone of Hercules; in his book 5, On Proportions. (continued 2)I N D E X.D E M A G N E T EBIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE. (continued 2)BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE. (continued 3)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →ON THE MAGNET, MAGNETICKAll chapters and sections (15)OF COLCHESTER,ON THE MAGNET, MAGNETICKDr. William Gilbert,WILLIAM GILBERTWILLIAM GILBERT (continued 2)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 3)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 4)WILLIAM GILBERT (continued 5)Cardan's error when he seeks the distance of the centre of the earth from the centre of the cosmos by the motion of the stone of Hercules; in his book 5, On Proportions.Cardan's error when he seeks the distance of the centre of the earth from the centre of the cosmos by the motion of the stone of Hercules; in his book 5, On Proportions. (continued 2)I N D E X.D E M A G N E T EBIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE. (continued 2)BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE MAGNETE. (continued 3)PHYSICIAN OFLONDON.ON THE MAGNET, MAGNETICK →