- 1MCM — Preface to the Candid Reader, Studious of the Magnetick Philo…
- 2To the Most Eminent and Learned Man — a distinguished Doctor of Med…
- 3Interpretation of certain words
- 4I N D e X o F C H a P T e R S
- 5On the Loadstone, Bk. I · Chap. I — Ancient and Modern Writings on…
- 6Chap. II — Magnet Stone, of what kind it is, and its discovery
- 7Chap. III — The Loadstone has parts distinct in their natural power…
- 8Chap — Iiii — Which pole of the stone is the Boreal: & how it is di…
- 9Chap. V
- 10Chap. VI — Loadstone attracts the ore of iron, as well as iron prop…
- 11Chap. VII — What Iron is, and of what substance, and its uses
- 12Chap. VIII — In what countries and districts iron originates
- 13Chap. IX — Iron ore attracts iron ore
- 14Chap. X — Iron ore has poles, and acquires them, and settles itself…
- 15Chap. XI — Wrought Iron, not excited by a loadstone, draws iron
- 16Chap. XII — A long piece of Iron, even though not excited by a load…
- 17Chap. XIII — Wrought iron has in itself certain parts Boreal and Au…
- 18Chap — Xiiii — Concerning other powers of loadstone, and its medici…
- 19Chap. XV — The Medicinal Virtue of Iron
- 20Chap. XVI
- 21Chap. XVII
- 22Chap. I — On Magnetick Motions
- 23Chap. II
- 24Chap. III — Opinions of others on Magnetick Coition, which they cal…
- 25Chap — Iiii — On Magnetick Force & Form, what it is; and on the cau…
- 26Chap. V — How the Power dwells in the Loadstone
- 27Chap. VI
- 28Chap. VII — On the Potency of the Magnetick Virtue, and on its natu…
- 29Chap. VIII — On the geography of the Earth, and of the Terrella
- 30Chap. IX — On the Æquinoctial Circle of the Earth and of a Terrella
- 31Chap. X — Magnetick Meridians of the Earth
- 32Chap. XI — Parallels
- 33Chap. XII — The Magnetick Horizon
- 34Chap. XIII — On the Axis and Magnetick Poles
- 35Chap — Xiiii
- 36Chap. XV
- 37Chap. XVI
- 38Chap. XVII
- 39Chap. XVIII — An armed Loadstone does not endow an excited piece of…
- 40Chap. XIX
- 41Chap. XX
- 42Chap. XXI — If Paper or any other Medium be interposed, an armed lo…
- 43Chap. XXII
- 44Chap. XXIII — Magnetick Force causes motion towards unity, and bind…
- 45Chap — Xxiiii
- 46Chap. XXV — Exaltation of the power of the Magnet
- 47Chap. XXVI
- 48Chap. XXVII
- 49Chap. XXVIII
- 50Chap. XXIX — On Variety of Strength due to Quantity or Mass
- 51Chap. XXX — The Shape and Mass of the Iron are of most importance i…
- 52Chap. XXXI — On Long and Round Stones
- 53Chap. XXXII — Certain Problems and Magnetick Experiments about the…
- 54Chap. XXXIII — On the Varying Ratio of Strength, and of the Motion…
- 55Chap — Xxxiiii
- 56Chap. XXXV — On a Perpetual Motion Machine, mentioned by authors, b…
- 57Chap. XXXVI — How a more robust Loadstone may be recognized
- 58Chap. XXXVII — Use of a Loadstone as it affects iron
- 59Chap. XXXVIII — On Cases of Attraction in other Bodies
- 60Chap. XXXIX — On Bodies which mutually repel one another
- 61Chap. I — On Direction
- 62Chap. II
- 63Chap. III — How Iron acquires Verticity through a Loadstone, and ho…
- 64Chap — Iiii
- 65Chap. V — On the Touching of pieces of Iron of divers shapes
- 66Chap. VI — What seems an Opposing Motion in Magneticks is a proper…
- 67Chap. VII
- 68Chap. VIII
- 69Chap. IX — Figures illustrating direction and showing varieties of…
- 70Chap. X — On Mutation of Verticity and of Magnetick Properties, or…
- 71Chap. XI
- 72Chap. XII — In what way Verticity exists in any Iron that has been…
- 73Chap. XIII
- 74Chap — Xiiii
- 75Chap. XV
- 76Chap. XVI
- 77Chap. XVII
- 78Chap. I — On Variation
- 79Chap. II — That the variation is caused by the inæquality of the pr…
- 80Chap. III — The variation in any one place is constant
- 81Chap — Iiii — The arc of variation is not changed equally in propor…
- 82Chap. V — An island in Ocean does not change the variation, as neit…
- 83Chap. VI
- 84Chap. VII
- 85Chap. VIII
- 86Chap. IX — Whether the terrestrial longitude can be found from the…
- 87Chap. X — Why in various places near the pole the variations are mu…
- 88Chap. XI
- 89Chap. XII
- 90Chap. XIII
- 91Chap — Xiiii — On the variation under the æquinoctial line, and nea…
- 92Chap. XV — The variation of the magnetick needle in the great Æthio…
- 93Chap. XVI — On the variation in Nova Zembla
- 94Chap. XVII — Variation in the Pacifick Ocean
- 95Chap. XVIII — On the variation in the Mediterranean Sea
- 96Chap. XIX — The variation in the interior of large Continents
- 97Chap. XX — Variation in the Eastern Ocean
- 98Chap. XXI — How the deviation of the versorium is augmented and dim…
- 99Chap. I — On Declination
- 100Chap. II
- 101Chap. III
- 102Chap — Iiii — Concerning the length of a versorium convenient for d…
- 103Chap. V — That declination does not arise from the attraction of th…
- 104Chap. VI — On the proportion of declination to latitude, and the ca…
- 105Chap. VII — Explanation of the diagram of the rotation of a magneti…
- 106Chap. VIII
- 107Chap. IX
- 108Chap. X — On the variation of the declination
- 109Chap. XI — On the essential magnetick activity sphærically effused
- 110Chap. XII
- 111Chap. I — On the Globe of the Earth, The great magnet
- 112Chap. II — The Magnetick axis of the Earth persists invariable
- 113Chap. III
- 114Chap — Iiii — That the Earth moves circularly
- 115Chap. V — Arguments of those denying the Earth's motion, and their…
- 116Chap. VI — On the cause of the definite time, of an entire rotation…
- 117Chap. VII — On the primary magnetick nature of the Earth, whereby i…
- 118Chap. VIII
- 119Chap. IX — On the anomaly of the Præcession of the Equinoxes, and o…
- 120I N D e X
- 121Dr. William Gilbert — London MCMI
- 122Bibliography of de Magnete
- 123Notes on the de Magnete of Dr. William Gilbert
- 124Index to Authorities
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