The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors

by W. James King

[134] M: pp. 106, 107, 108, 114, 134, 136, 140, 162.

[135] M: pp. 106, 109, 114, 159, 162.

[136] M: pp. 137-140.

[137] M: p. 109.

[138] M: p. 105, and Gilbert, De magnete, London, 1600, bk. 2 ch. 4, p. 65.

[139] M: p. 105.

[140] M: pp. 289, 322.

[141] M: pp. 26, 68, 105, 179, 198, 307, 335, 343. For rotation, see [footnote 147].

[142] M: pp. 67, 71. That each part is informed with the properties of the whole is an argument favoring an animistic explanation of the nature of this form.

[143] M: p. 109.