De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de mango magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimis & argumentis, & experimentis demonstrate

by William Gilbert

$50,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

London: Peter Short, 1600. First edition, an exceptionally fine copy, the nicest we have seen, of the first work of experimental physics published in England. Gilbert was chiefly concerned with magnetism; but as a digression he discusses in his second book the attractive effect of amber electrum , and thus may be regarded as the founder of electrical science. He coined the terms ‘electricity,’ ‘electric force’

• Binding: Hardcover

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