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Also Known As William Gylberde
Born May 24, 1544 • Colchester • England
Died December 10, 1603 (aged 59) • London? • England
Notable Works “On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth”
Subjects Of Study electricity • magnetic pole • magnetism

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