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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]
The earliest Chinese literature reference to magnetism lies in a 4th-century BC book called The Book of the Devil Valley Master: "When the people of Cheng go out to collect jade, they carry a south-pointer with them so as not to lose their way." [9]: 110 [10] Electric catfish are found in tropical Africa and the Nile River.
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.
Michael Faraday was born on 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts, [7] Surrey, which is now part of the London Borough of Southwark. [8] His family was not well off. His father, James, was a member of the Glasite sect of Christianity.
'Magnet' is derived from the legend of Magnes, or from the territory of Magnesia. Pliny states that Magnes, the shepherd, discovered it, and the legend told of him is that while carrying a message over Mount Ida he felt his feet clinging to the earth, to the iron ore which lay thickly upon the hill. Hence the name of the Magnet.
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 ...
Richard P. Feynman (1964): "From a long view of the history of mankind—seen from, say, ten thousand years from now—there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.
Ars Magnesia (The Magnetic Art) was a book on magnetism by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher in 1631. [1] It was his first published work, written while he was professor of ethics and mathematics, Hebrew and Syriac at the University of Würzburg. [2] [3] It was published in Würzburg by Elias Michael Zink. [4]