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Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth
Wellcome Collection

Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth

Ernest Board

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William Gilbert demonstrating the magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598.

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