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After Davy and chemist William Hyde Wollaston unsuccessfully tried to build on Hans Christian Ørsted's discovery of the electromagnetic phenomena to harness the ability to create motion from electricity, Faraday was able to create his own device to create the first electric motor by applying electricity aligned along a magnet. Davy, bitter ...
The idea that the legend of Magnes the shepherd could be the origin of magnet, et al., and the legend itself has been criticized. Pliny's story is characterized in Gillian Turner's book North Pole, South Pole: The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth’s Magnetism (2011) as "no doubt embellished by centuries of retelling."
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1st century AD – Pliny in his Natural History records the story of a shepherd Magnes who discovered the magnetic properties of some iron stones, "it is said, made this discovery, when, upon taking his herds to pasture, he found that the nails of his shoes and the iron ferrel of his staff adhered to the ground". [6]
Full text, free to read and search. Go to page 9 and read Gilbert saying the Earth revolves leading to the motion of the skies. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors; De Magnete From the English Printing Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collection Division at the Library of Congress; William Gilbert, the first ...
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In Greek mythology, Magnes (/ ˈ m æ ɡ ˌ n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Μάγνης means 'the magnet') was a name attributed to several men. Magnes, eponym and first king of Magnesia. He was the son of Zeus and Thyia [1] or of Aeolus and Enarete. [citation needed]
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