[Gilbert] has himself become a magnet; that is, he has ascribed too many things to that force and built a ship out of a shell. (William Gilbert (astronomer))

[Gilbert] has himself become a magnet; that is, he has ascribed too many things to that force and built a ship out of a shell.

William Gilbert (astronomer)

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