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100 1 _aPierre, de Maricourt, active 13th century
245 1 4 _aThe Letter of Petrus Peregrinus on the Magnet, A.D. 1269
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2015-11-21
508 _aProduced by deaurider, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Letter of Petrus Peregrinus on the Magnet, A.D. 1269" by Pierre is a scientific publication written during the late 13th century. This work discusses the properties of magnets, particularly focusing on the lodestone, and serves as a foundational document in the early field of magnetism. Situated in a time when the scientific exploration of natural phenomena was just beginning to flourish, this text records pioneering observations and experiments related to magnetism. The letter is written as a correspondence addressed to Sigerus de Foucaucourt, wherein Peregrinus describes his experiments with lodestones and outlines their properties in a systematic manner. He famously articulates principles such as the behavior of magnetic poles, their attraction and repulsion, and how a magnetized needle can be used to determine direction. The work is divided into two main sections: the first focuses on the characteristics of lodestones and magnetic fields, while the second presents an ambitious exploration of constructing a perpetual motion device using magnetic principles. Overall, Peregrinus stands out as an influential figure in the history of physics, merging theoretical inquiry with practical experimentation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMagnetism -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aArnold, Brother,
_d1868-1928
700 1 _aPotamian, Brother,
_d1837-1917
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50524
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