Abano, Pietro di (Apponensis or Apianus),2.Abbas, Hali (’Alí ibn Al ’Abbās,Al Majúsi,2,6.Abohalis,47.See alsoAvicenna.aciariumoracies, alsoaciare,18,23,33,36.Acosta, Josephus,5.adamant,11.æquator, the magnetick,13,79.Aetius Amidenus,2.Affaytatus, Fortunius,6.agate, non electrick,51,53.Agricola, Georgius,2,3,10,19,26,111,112.Agrippa, H. Cornelius,3.aimant,11.Albategnius (Muhammad ibn Jābir,Al-Battāni,237.Albertus Magnus,2,7,18,111.Alexander Aphrodiseus,3,48,92.Alexandria, Hero of,58.Alfonso, Diego,178.Alfonsus the Wise (Alphonsus X.),237.Amalfians said to have first constructed the compass,4.Amatus Lusitanus,2.amber,47,49-60,85,112,116.amethyst, electrical properties of,48.amianth,11.Amidenus, Aetius,2.amphitane,111.Anatolismus, or Northeasting,167.Anaxagoras,61,208.Andrea Doria (Admiral),4.Antonius de Fantis,107.Antonius Musa Brasavolus,2.Antony, the denarius of,110.Apianus.SeeAbano.Apponensis.SeeAbano.Aquinas, Thomas,3,64.Aractensis, Mahometes,234,237.Archelaus,208.Ardoynis, Santes de,2.Arias Montanus,4.Aristarchus,214,237.Aristotle:De Anima,1,11,61,210.De Cœlo,226,232.De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus,22.Meteorologica,35,39.on material of the metals,19,20.on the element of earth,43.on motions,45,219,225.on primary form,65.on thePrimum Mobile,220.on animate nature of planets,208.armature,87.armed loadstones,86,87,88,89.Arnaldus de Villa nova,2,7.Arsinoe, Temple of,2.Attraction,46,60,64,68,90,98,109.Avicenna (Abu ’Ali Husain ibn ’Abd Allah,Ibn Síná; also called Abohalis):writes on the magnet,2.on falling masses of iron,26.alleges loadstone an antidote to iron poison,35.on the property of attraction,49.Augsburgers (Augustani), the, prescribe loadstone in plaster,33.axis, the magnetick,13,81,212.Azores, variation of compass at the,4,154,156,167.Bacon, Roger,5.Bambola, or Bilbilis,23.Baptista Montanus,2.Baptista Porta.SeePorta.Barbarus, Hermolaus,3.Barlowe, William (Rev. Archdeacon), his book,The Navigators Supply,8.basil leaves alleged not to be attracted,48.belemnites are electrical,48.Bencora (Thābit ibn Kurrah,Al Harrani; also called Thebitius),117,236.Benedictus, Joannes Baptista (Giambattista Benedetti),167.beryl, electrick properties of,48.Bessardus (Toussaincte de Bessard),5,116,153.Blondus, Flavius, the historian,4.Borough, William, his book on theVariation of the Compass,8.Borrholybicum (North-north-west),160.Brahe, Tycho,174,229.Brandoe, the island of,181.Brasavolus, Antonius Musa,2.Bristolla, or Bristol gem,48.burnt clay, magnetick properties of,26,43.Cabot, Sebastian,4.Cælius Calcagninus,7.Cæsare, or Cesare, Giulio,141.Calaber, Hannibal Rosetius,3,calamitaorkalamita,11.Calcagninus, Cælius,7.Camillus Leonhardus,3.Candish, or Cavendish, Thomas, *iij,117.cap of iron for a loadstone,86,89,90,95.carabe, orkarabe,47.carbuncle, electrick properties of,48,111.Cardan, Hieronymo,2.De Proportionibus:on iron and earth,43,62,67.on distance of centre of cosmos,169.De Rerum Varietate:on fall of meteorick iron,26.on attraction of amber,49.on a perpetual motion engine,107.De Subtilitate:alleges magnet to feed on iron,37,63,92.on magnet that draws silver,110.on magnetick influence of star in tail ofUrsa Minor,5,116,153.carnelian, the,51,55.catoblepas, the antelope called,63.Cesare, Giulio,141.chalybs,18,25,33.chatochitis,111.chemists, the,19,20,21,24,37,66.China,4,8,9,11,17,32,119.Chinocrates,2.circumpulsion, doctrine of,3,61.clamps (open kilns),26.clay when burnt is magnetick,26,43,97.clepsydra,231.Coimbra, College of,5.coition (mutual attraction),45,46,60,65,67,68,81,98,99,103,109,131.definition of, *vj,68.orbe of, *vj.colours of loadstones,9,10,27.Como,23.compass, alleged invention of, by Amalfians,4.origin of the compass-card,4,165.the mariners' (pyxis),3,115,147,165,172.the little (pyxidula),181,202.different forms of, Italian, Baltic, Portuguese, English,165,166,177,181.conduction, magnetick,85,104,125.consequent poles,129,142.Copernican system,231.Copernicus, Nicolas,212,214,216,231,237,238,240.Cordus, Valerius,10.Cornelius Agrippa,3.Cornelius Gemma,63.Cornelius Tacitus,25.corolla insorta, or contorted circlet,238,240.Cortes, Martin,5,116,152.Corvo, Island of,167.Costa, Filippo (of Mantua),141.Costæus, Joannes,3,62,227,228.creagus, the, or flesh-magnet,110.crystal, rock,48,52,59,111Curtius, Nicolaus,35.Cusan (Michael Khrypffs), Cardinal de Cusa,3,64,108.Cynosure, the, or Pole-star,14,81,117,222,235.Dean, Forest of, loadstone found in the,11.decay of the magnetick virtue,18,37,124,138,149.declination, the, or dip,184.denarius of Antony,110.diamond, an electrick,48,50,59,111.alleged power to attract iron,109,112.alleged antipathy to magnet,2,7,109,143.experiments upon,143.Diego Alfonso,178.Differences between electricks and magneticks,47,60,65.Dioscorides,1,2,9,32.dip, the, also called declination,8,46,184-204.dipping-needle, or declination instrument,185,203.direction, or directive force,41,46,115,119.dividing a loadstone,16,72,100,121,122,127,130,136,145,146.Dominicus Maria Ferrariensis,212,213.Doria, Andrea (Admiral),4.Drake, Sir Francis, *iijbis,117.Du Puys (also called Puteanus),3,63.Earth, the, a great magnet,38,39,40,41,44,119,211.echeneis(the sucking fish),7,63,110.Ecphantus,214.effluvia, electrical,52,53,59,66.magnetical,61.electrical attraction,50,51,111.electrick force, definition of,52.electricks, *vj,46-60.electrum(ἤλεκτρον),47.emerald is non-electrick,51.emery,22,51.Empedocles,208.Encelius (or Entzelt, Christoph.),3,111.Epicurius,61,62.Erasmus Rheinholdus,213.Erastus, Thomas,3,22.errors in navigation,166,177.Evax, King of Arabia,111.Euripides,9,11,18.Fallopius, Gabriellus,3,34,35,112.Fantis, Antonius de,107.Fernelius, Joannes Franciscus,4.Ficinus, Marsilius (or Marsiglio Ficino),3,7,116153.filings of iron,37,69,90,91,92,104.Filippo Costa.SeeCosta.fire destroys magnetick properties,66,67,91,124.flame destroys electrification,59.flame hinders not magnetick attractions,66.Flavius Blondus.SeeBlondus.flies in amber,47.formversusmatter,52,65.Fra Paolo,6.Fracastorio, Hieronymo,5,50,67,71,91,110,113,152.Franciscus Maurolycus.SeeMaurolycus.Franciscus Rueus.SeeRueus.
Abano, Pietro di (Apponensis or Apianus),2.Abbas, Hali (’Alí ibn Al ’Abbās,Al Majúsi,2,6.Abohalis,47.See alsoAvicenna.aciariumoracies, alsoaciare,18,23,33,36.Acosta, Josephus,5.adamant,11.æquator, the magnetick,13,79.Aetius Amidenus,2.Affaytatus, Fortunius,6.agate, non electrick,51,53.Agricola, Georgius,2,3,10,19,26,111,112.Agrippa, H. Cornelius,3.aimant,11.Albategnius (Muhammad ibn Jābir,Al-Battāni,237.Albertus Magnus,2,7,18,111.Alexander Aphrodiseus,3,48,92.Alexandria, Hero of,58.Alfonso, Diego,178.Alfonsus the Wise (Alphonsus X.),237.Amalfians said to have first constructed the compass,4.Amatus Lusitanus,2.amber,47,49-60,85,112,116.amethyst, electrical properties of,48.amianth,11.Amidenus, Aetius,2.amphitane,111.Anatolismus, or Northeasting,167.Anaxagoras,61,208.Andrea Doria (Admiral),4.Antonius de Fantis,107.Antonius Musa Brasavolus,2.Antony, the denarius of,110.Apianus.SeeAbano.Apponensis.SeeAbano.Aquinas, Thomas,3,64.Aractensis, Mahometes,234,237.Archelaus,208.Ardoynis, Santes de,2.Arias Montanus,4.Aristarchus,214,237.Aristotle:De Anima,1,11,61,210.De Cœlo,226,232.De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus,22.Meteorologica,35,39.on material of the metals,19,20.on the element of earth,43.on motions,45,219,225.on primary form,65.on thePrimum Mobile,220.on animate nature of planets,208.armature,87.armed loadstones,86,87,88,89.Arnaldus de Villa nova,2,7.Arsinoe, Temple of,2.Attraction,46,60,64,68,90,98,109.Avicenna (Abu ’Ali Husain ibn ’Abd Allah,Ibn Síná; also called Abohalis):writes on the magnet,2.on falling masses of iron,26.alleges loadstone an antidote to iron poison,35.on the property of attraction,49.Augsburgers (Augustani), the, prescribe loadstone in plaster,33.axis, the magnetick,13,81,212.Azores, variation of compass at the,4,154,156,167.
Abano, Pietro di (Apponensis or Apianus),2.
Abbas, Hali (’Alí ibn Al ’Abbās,Al Majúsi,2,6.
Abohalis,47.See alsoAvicenna.
aciariumoracies, alsoaciare,18,23,33,36.
Acosta, Josephus,5.
adamant,11.
æquator, the magnetick,13,79.
Aetius Amidenus,2.
Affaytatus, Fortunius,6.
agate, non electrick,51,53.
Agricola, Georgius,2,3,10,19,26,111,112.
Agrippa, H. Cornelius,3.
aimant,11.
Albategnius (Muhammad ibn Jābir,Al-Battāni,237.
Albertus Magnus,2,7,18,111.
Alexander Aphrodiseus,3,48,92.
Alexandria, Hero of,58.
Alfonso, Diego,178.
Alfonsus the Wise (Alphonsus X.),237.
Amalfians said to have first constructed the compass,4.
Amatus Lusitanus,2.
amber,47,49-60,85,112,116.
amethyst, electrical properties of,48.
amianth,11.
Amidenus, Aetius,2.
amphitane,111.
Anatolismus, or Northeasting,167.
Anaxagoras,61,208.
Andrea Doria (Admiral),4.
Antonius de Fantis,107.
Antonius Musa Brasavolus,2.
Antony, the denarius of,110.
Apianus.SeeAbano.
Apponensis.SeeAbano.
Aquinas, Thomas,3,64.
Aractensis, Mahometes,234,237.
Archelaus,208.
Ardoynis, Santes de,2.
Arias Montanus,4.
Aristarchus,214,237.
Aristotle:
De Anima,1,11,61,210.
De Cœlo,226,232.
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus,22.
Meteorologica,35,39.
on material of the metals,19,20.
on the element of earth,43.
on motions,45,219,225.
on primary form,65.
on thePrimum Mobile,220.
on animate nature of planets,208.
armature,87.
armed loadstones,86,87,88,89.
Arnaldus de Villa nova,2,7.
Arsinoe, Temple of,2.
Attraction,46,60,64,68,90,98,109.
Avicenna (Abu ’Ali Husain ibn ’Abd Allah,Ibn Síná; also called Abohalis):
writes on the magnet,2.
on falling masses of iron,26.
alleges loadstone an antidote to iron poison,35.
on the property of attraction,49.
Augsburgers (Augustani), the, prescribe loadstone in plaster,33.
axis, the magnetick,13,81,212.
Azores, variation of compass at the,4,154,156,167.
Bacon, Roger,5.Bambola, or Bilbilis,23.Baptista Montanus,2.Baptista Porta.SeePorta.Barbarus, Hermolaus,3.Barlowe, William (Rev. Archdeacon), his book,The Navigators Supply,8.basil leaves alleged not to be attracted,48.belemnites are electrical,48.Bencora (Thābit ibn Kurrah,Al Harrani; also called Thebitius),117,236.Benedictus, Joannes Baptista (Giambattista Benedetti),167.beryl, electrick properties of,48.Bessardus (Toussaincte de Bessard),5,116,153.Blondus, Flavius, the historian,4.Borough, William, his book on theVariation of the Compass,8.Borrholybicum (North-north-west),160.Brahe, Tycho,174,229.Brandoe, the island of,181.Brasavolus, Antonius Musa,2.Bristolla, or Bristol gem,48.burnt clay, magnetick properties of,26,43.
Bacon, Roger,5.
Bambola, or Bilbilis,23.
Baptista Montanus,2.
Baptista Porta.SeePorta.
Barbarus, Hermolaus,3.
Barlowe, William (Rev. Archdeacon), his book,The Navigators Supply,8.
basil leaves alleged not to be attracted,48.
belemnites are electrical,48.
Bencora (Thābit ibn Kurrah,Al Harrani; also called Thebitius),117,236.
Benedictus, Joannes Baptista (Giambattista Benedetti),167.
beryl, electrick properties of,48.
Bessardus (Toussaincte de Bessard),5,116,153.
Blondus, Flavius, the historian,4.
Borough, William, his book on theVariation of the Compass,8.
Borrholybicum (North-north-west),160.
Brahe, Tycho,174,229.
Brandoe, the island of,181.
Brasavolus, Antonius Musa,2.
Bristolla, or Bristol gem,48.
burnt clay, magnetick properties of,26,43.
Cabot, Sebastian,4.Cælius Calcagninus,7.Cæsare, or Cesare, Giulio,141.Calaber, Hannibal Rosetius,3,calamitaorkalamita,11.Calcagninus, Cælius,7.Camillus Leonhardus,3.Candish, or Cavendish, Thomas, *iij,117.cap of iron for a loadstone,86,89,90,95.carabe, orkarabe,47.carbuncle, electrick properties of,48,111.Cardan, Hieronymo,2.De Proportionibus:on iron and earth,43,62,67.on distance of centre of cosmos,169.De Rerum Varietate:on fall of meteorick iron,26.on attraction of amber,49.on a perpetual motion engine,107.De Subtilitate:alleges magnet to feed on iron,37,63,92.on magnet that draws silver,110.on magnetick influence of star in tail ofUrsa Minor,5,116,153.carnelian, the,51,55.catoblepas, the antelope called,63.Cesare, Giulio,141.chalybs,18,25,33.chatochitis,111.chemists, the,19,20,21,24,37,66.China,4,8,9,11,17,32,119.Chinocrates,2.circumpulsion, doctrine of,3,61.clamps (open kilns),26.clay when burnt is magnetick,26,43,97.clepsydra,231.Coimbra, College of,5.coition (mutual attraction),45,46,60,65,67,68,81,98,99,103,109,131.definition of, *vj,68.orbe of, *vj.colours of loadstones,9,10,27.Como,23.compass, alleged invention of, by Amalfians,4.origin of the compass-card,4,165.the mariners' (pyxis),3,115,147,165,172.the little (pyxidula),181,202.different forms of, Italian, Baltic, Portuguese, English,165,166,177,181.conduction, magnetick,85,104,125.consequent poles,129,142.Copernican system,231.Copernicus, Nicolas,212,214,216,231,237,238,240.Cordus, Valerius,10.Cornelius Agrippa,3.Cornelius Gemma,63.Cornelius Tacitus,25.corolla insorta, or contorted circlet,238,240.Cortes, Martin,5,116,152.Corvo, Island of,167.Costa, Filippo (of Mantua),141.Costæus, Joannes,3,62,227,228.creagus, the, or flesh-magnet,110.crystal, rock,48,52,59,111Curtius, Nicolaus,35.Cusan (Michael Khrypffs), Cardinal de Cusa,3,64,108.Cynosure, the, or Pole-star,14,81,117,222,235.
Cabot, Sebastian,4.
Cælius Calcagninus,7.
Cæsare, or Cesare, Giulio,141.
Calaber, Hannibal Rosetius,3,
calamitaorkalamita,11.
Calcagninus, Cælius,7.
Camillus Leonhardus,3.
Candish, or Cavendish, Thomas, *iij,117.
cap of iron for a loadstone,86,89,90,95.
carabe, orkarabe,47.
carbuncle, electrick properties of,48,111.
Cardan, Hieronymo,2.
De Proportionibus:
on iron and earth,43,62,67.
on distance of centre of cosmos,169.
De Rerum Varietate:
on fall of meteorick iron,26.
on attraction of amber,49.
on a perpetual motion engine,107.
De Subtilitate:
alleges magnet to feed on iron,37,63,92.
on magnet that draws silver,110.
on magnetick influence of star in tail ofUrsa Minor,5,116,153.
carnelian, the,51,55.
catoblepas, the antelope called,63.
Cesare, Giulio,141.
chalybs,18,25,33.
chatochitis,111.
chemists, the,19,20,21,24,37,66.
China,4,8,9,11,17,32,119.
Chinocrates,2.
circumpulsion, doctrine of,3,61.
clamps (open kilns),26.
clay when burnt is magnetick,26,43,97.
clepsydra,231.
Coimbra, College of,5.
coition (mutual attraction),45,46,60,65,67,68,81,98,99,103,109,131.
definition of, *vj,68.
orbe of, *vj.
colours of loadstones,9,10,27.
Como,23.
compass, alleged invention of, by Amalfians,4.
origin of the compass-card,4,165.
the mariners' (pyxis),3,115,147,165,172.
the little (pyxidula),181,202.
different forms of, Italian, Baltic, Portuguese, English,165,166,177,181.
conduction, magnetick,85,104,125.
consequent poles,129,142.
Copernican system,231.
Copernicus, Nicolas,212,214,216,231,237,238,240.
Cordus, Valerius,10.
Cornelius Agrippa,3.
Cornelius Gemma,63.
Cornelius Tacitus,25.
corolla insorta, or contorted circlet,238,240.
Cortes, Martin,5,116,152.
Corvo, Island of,167.
Costa, Filippo (of Mantua),141.
Costæus, Joannes,3,62,227,228.
creagus, the, or flesh-magnet,110.
crystal, rock,48,52,59,111
Curtius, Nicolaus,35.
Cusan (Michael Khrypffs), Cardinal de Cusa,3,64,108.
Cynosure, the, or Pole-star,14,81,117,222,235.
Dean, Forest of, loadstone found in the,11.decay of the magnetick virtue,18,37,124,138,149.declination, the, or dip,184.denarius of Antony,110.diamond, an electrick,48,50,59,111.alleged power to attract iron,109,112.alleged antipathy to magnet,2,7,109,143.experiments upon,143.Diego Alfonso,178.Differences between electricks and magneticks,47,60,65.Dioscorides,1,2,9,32.dip, the, also called declination,8,46,184-204.dipping-needle, or declination instrument,185,203.direction, or directive force,41,46,115,119.dividing a loadstone,16,72,100,121,122,127,130,136,145,146.Dominicus Maria Ferrariensis,212,213.Doria, Andrea (Admiral),4.Drake, Sir Francis, *iijbis,117.Du Puys (also called Puteanus),3,63.
Dean, Forest of, loadstone found in the,11.
decay of the magnetick virtue,18,37,124,138,149.
declination, the, or dip,184.
denarius of Antony,110.
diamond, an electrick,48,50,59,111.
alleged power to attract iron,109,112.
alleged antipathy to magnet,2,7,109,143.
experiments upon,143.
Diego Alfonso,178.
Differences between electricks and magneticks,47,60,65.
Dioscorides,1,2,9,32.
dip, the, also called declination,8,46,184-204.
dipping-needle, or declination instrument,185,203.
direction, or directive force,41,46,115,119.
dividing a loadstone,16,72,100,121,122,127,130,136,145,146.
Dominicus Maria Ferrariensis,212,213.
Doria, Andrea (Admiral),4.
Drake, Sir Francis, *iijbis,117.
Du Puys (also called Puteanus),3,63.
Earth, the, a great magnet,38,39,40,41,44,119,211.echeneis(the sucking fish),7,63,110.Ecphantus,214.effluvia, electrical,52,53,59,66.magnetical,61.electrical attraction,50,51,111.electrick force, definition of,52.electricks, *vj,46-60.electrum(ἤλεκτρον),47.emerald is non-electrick,51.emery,22,51.Empedocles,208.Encelius (or Entzelt, Christoph.),3,111.Epicurius,61,62.Erasmus Rheinholdus,213.Erastus, Thomas,3,22.errors in navigation,166,177.Evax, King of Arabia,111.Euripides,9,11,18.
Earth, the, a great magnet,38,39,40,41,44,119,211.
echeneis(the sucking fish),7,63,110.
Ecphantus,214.
effluvia, electrical,52,53,59,66.
magnetical,61.
electrical attraction,50,51,111.
electrick force, definition of,52.
electricks, *vj,46-60.
electrum(ἤλεκτρον),47.
emerald is non-electrick,51.
emery,22,51.
Empedocles,208.
Encelius (or Entzelt, Christoph.),3,111.
Epicurius,61,62.
Erasmus Rheinholdus,213.
Erastus, Thomas,3,22.
errors in navigation,166,177.
Evax, King of Arabia,111.
Euripides,9,11,18.
Fallopius, Gabriellus,3,34,35,112.Fantis, Antonius de,107.Fernelius, Joannes Franciscus,4.Ficinus, Marsilius (or Marsiglio Ficino),3,7,116153.filings of iron,37,69,90,91,92,104.Filippo Costa.SeeCosta.fire destroys magnetick properties,66,67,91,124.flame destroys electrification,59.flame hinders not magnetick attractions,66.Flavius Blondus.SeeBlondus.flies in amber,47.formversusmatter,52,65.Fra Paolo,6.Fracastorio, Hieronymo,5,50,67,71,91,110,113,152.Franciscus Maurolycus.SeeMaurolycus.Franciscus Rueus.SeeRueus.
Fallopius, Gabriellus,3,34,35,112.
Fantis, Antonius de,107.
Fernelius, Joannes Franciscus,4.
Ficinus, Marsilius (or Marsiglio Ficino),3,7,116153.
filings of iron,37,69,90,91,92,104.
Filippo Costa.SeeCosta.
fire destroys magnetick properties,66,67,91,124.
flame destroys electrification,59.
flame hinders not magnetick attractions,66.
Flavius Blondus.SeeBlondus.
flies in amber,47.
formversusmatter,52,65.
Fra Paolo,6.
Fracastorio, Hieronymo,5,50,67,71,91,110,113,152.
Franciscus Maurolycus.SeeMaurolycus.
Franciscus Rueus.SeeRueus.