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  2. William Gilbert - Wikipedia

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    William Gilbert (rugby) (1799–1877), British cobbler & rugby-ball maker; William Ball Gilbert (1847–1931), American judge; William Gilbert (pastoralist) (1850–1923), South Australian pastoralist and vigneron; Bill Gilbert (intelligence service director) (1916–1987), New Zealand military leader and intelligence service director

  3. Versorium - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert used the versorium to test whether different materials were "elektrics" (insulators, in modern terms) or non-"elektrics" . While he didn't devise a theory to explain his findings, it was a good example of how science was starting to change by incorporating empirical studies at the dawn of the Age of Reason . [ 4 ]

  4. William Gilbert (physicist) - Wikipedia

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    William Gilbert (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l b ər t /; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), [1] also known as Gilberd, [2] was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.

  5. W. S. Gilbert - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert was born at 17 Southampton Street, Strand, London. His father, also named William, was briefly a naval surgeon, who later became a writer of novels and short stories, some of which his son illustrated. Gilbert's mother was the former Anne Mary Bye Morris (1812–1888), the daughter of Thomas Morris, an apothecary. [7]

  6. Jane Gilbert (actress) - Wikipedia

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    While in Maine, Gilbert did a screen test for Warner Bros. Pictures but heard no results. Eventually, she went to Hollywood, where Margaret Lindsay introduced Gilbert as her sister, Jane Lindsay. Studio officials finally realized that Jane Lindsay was the same actress as Jane Gilbert, whose screen test they found to be good. [2]

  7. W. G. Grace - Wikipedia

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    They returned from the tour in May 1874 with Agnes six months pregnant. Their eldest son William Gilbert junior (1874–1905) was born on 6 July. [187] Grace had to catch up with his studies at Bristol Medical School, and he and his wife and son lived at Downend until February 1875 with his mother, brother Fred and sister Fanny. [188]

  8. De Magnete - Wikipedia

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    Title page of 1628 edition. De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth) is a scientific work published in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert.

  9. File:"W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal ...

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    Authors: Grace, W. G. (William Gilbert), 1848-1915 Subjects: Cricket Publisher: London, J. Bowden Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book