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De Magnete
De Magnete is a Latin treatise on magnetism by the English physician William Gilbert, printed in London in 1600, arguing that the Earth is a giant magnet.
Terrella
A terrella, Latin for "little Earth," is a spherical lodestone William Gilbert used in De Magnete (1600) to show the Earth behaves as a great magnet.
William Gilbert (physicist)
William Gilbert (1544–1603) was an English physician and natural philosopher whose book De Magnete (1600) founded the science of magnetism by showing the Earth is a giant magnet.