- Science, Early works to 1800, Industrial arts, Magnetism
Facsimile edition of work first published in abridged edition of 1558, and then in this full English edition in 1658. A miscellany of early scientific beliefs, observations, and experiments by della Porta and his little group of amateur scientists.
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- Author
- Giambattista della Porta
- First published
- 1658
- Pages
- 409
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Printed for T. Young and S. Speed
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English, lat
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