jan 1, 1600 - The book "De Magnete" gets published by William Gilbert
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The book "De Magnete" was published by William Gilbert. He explored his experiments in it: some of them included research on magnetism and electricity. He popularized the word "electricity".
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “William Gilbert.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 6 Dec. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/William-Gilbert.
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