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Gilbert's experiment to demonstrate that two pieces of iron wire, A,B, placed near the pole, C, of a magnet, will have the same magnetism induced in them and so repel one another. From William Gilbert De Magnete, London, 1600

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1600 AD (C16th AD)

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"De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus"; English physicist experimenting in magnetism; Gilbert concluded that the earth was magnetic and this was why the compass pointed north; father of electricity;

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