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Gilbert, William (1544-1603)

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Place : Russian Federation Subject : biography, physics English physician and physicist who performed fundamental pioneering research into magnetism and also helped to establish the modern scientific method. Gilbert was born in Colchester, Essex, on 24 May 1544. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in medicine in 1569 and later became a fellow. In about 1573 he settled in London, where he established a successful medical practice, and in 1599 he was elected president of the Royal College of Physicians. In the following year he was appointed personal physician to Queen Elizabeth I, and was later knighted for his services to the queen. On Elizabeth's death in March 1603 he was appointed physician to her successor, James I, but Gilbert held this position for only a short time because he died on 10 December of that year. Although successful as a physician, Gilbert's most important contribution to science was his research into magnetism and electrical…
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Full text Article Gilbert, William (1544-1603)

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Place : Russian Federation Subject : biography, physics English physician and physicist who performed fundamental pioneering research into magnetism and also helped to establish the modern scientific method. Gilbert was born in Colchester, Essex, on 24 May 1544. He was educated at St John's College, …
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Full text Article MAGNETISM

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English geophysicist The straightness, symmetry, extent and ubiquity of these patterns is without parallel in geology and their discovery was completely unexpected. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 263 , 1968 (p. 492 ). …
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Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) Showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, detail of Gilberd, 19th century (oil on canvas)
Artist: Hunt, Arthur Ackland (fl.1863-1913) Location: Private Collection Credit: Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) Showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, detail of Gilberd, 19th century (oil on canvas), Hunt, Arthur Ackland (fl.1863-1913) / Private Collection / The…
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Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, 19th century (oil on canvas)
Artist: Hunt, Arthur Ackland (fl.1863-1913) Location: Private Collection Credit: Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, 19th century (oil on canvas) , Hunt, Arthur Ackland (fl.1863-1913) / Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art…
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Full text Article electricity

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The form of energy known as electricity was known to the ancient Greeks. Static electricity, as a force that was produced by rubbing a piece of amber, was known to attract small pieces of straw and other light materials. It was from the Greek word for amber, ē…
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