《De magnete magnetisque corporibus》 (English notation) Demagnete magnetisque corporibus

…After entering Cambridge University in 1558 and obtaining his M.D. in 1569, he made a living as a physician, and in 1600 was elected president of the Royal College of Physicians and became physician to Queen Elizabeth. At the same time, he became interested in natural science research, especially magnetism, and published the results of his research in De magnete magnetisque corporibus (1600). In this work, he established a methodology of describing phenomena, critically examining the opinions of previous generations, and conducting experiments, rejecting "vain imagination," and reported that electricity and magnetism are distinct, that the strength of two magnets increases when they are placed together, that the Earth is a large magnet with magnetic poles, and that a magnetic needle is directed by the earth's magnetic field. …

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…1558年ケンブリッジ大学入学，69年医学博士号取得後は，医師として生計を立て，1600年には王立医師会の会長に選ばれるとともにエリザベス女王の侍医となった。そのかたわら，自然科学の研究，とくに磁石の研究に興味をもち，その研究成果を《磁石論De magnete magnetisque corporibus》(1600)に著した。この中で彼は，現象記述，先人意見の批判検討，そして実験という方法論を立て〈くだらない想像〉を退け，電気と磁気とが区別されること，二つの磁石をくっつけると強さが増すこと，地球は大磁石で磁極をもち，磁針はこの地磁気によって指向されることなどを報告している。…

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