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The Letter of Petrus Peregrinus on the Magnet

by active 13th century de Maricourt Pierre

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  1. 1Introductory
  2. 2Part I — The Letter of Peregrinus
  3. 3Chapter II — Qualifications of the Experimenter
  4. 4Chapter III — Characteristics of a Good Lodestone
  5. 5Chapter IV — How to Distinguish the Poles of a Lodestone
  6. 6Chapter V — How to Discover the Poles of a Lodestone and How to Tel…
  7. 7Chapter VI — How One Lodestone Attracts Another
  8. 8Chapter VII — How Iron Touched by a Lodestone Turns Towards the Pol…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — How a Lodestone Attracts Iron
  10. 10Chapter IX — Why the North Pole of One Lodestone Attracts the South…
  11. 11Chapter X — An Inquiry Into the Cause of the Natural Virtue of the…
  12. 12Part II
  13. 13Chapter II — The Construction of a Better Instrument for the Same P…
  14. 14Chapter III — The Art of Making a Wheel of Perpetual Motion

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