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London. Printed by Adam Islip. 1602. (i2 mo . Pp. 292, with A short Appendix annexed to the former Treatise by Edward Wright, at the motion of the right Worshipfull M. Doctor Gilbert. ) A copy (formerly in the possession of Des- cartes) of the Dialogus De Systemate Mundi of Galileo Galilaei, containing numerous references to Dr. Gilbert's work in magnetism. (Elzevir Edition, 1635. ) A copy of the Epitome Astronomiae Coper- nicanse of Johannes Kepler, in the fourth 48 Gilbert, of Colchester. boo...k of which Gilbert's theory that the earth itself is a great magnet is accepted and propounded. (Frankfort, 1635. ) Other early works on Magnetism were ex- hibited by Bro. Conrad W. Cooke and by Latimer Clark, Esq. , F. R. S. O. V. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIVATELY PRINTED OPUSCULA Issued to the Members of the Sette of Odd Volumes. " Books that can be held in the hand, and carried to the fireside, are the best after all. " Samuel Johnson. " The writings of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
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