Gilbert, translated: Silvanus P. Thompson, the Gilbert Club, and the tercentenary edition of De Magnete.(Abstract/Resume analytique)

Canadian Journal of History | August 1, 2003| | Copyright

GILBERT, TRANSLATED: SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, THE GILBERT CLUB, AND THE TERCENTENARY EDITION OF DE MAGNETE (1)

Translation can have many meanings. In this essay, I examine an act of linguistic translation that constituted two other kinds of translation as well: a movement of a person or object through space or time, and a fundamental change in form or substance. (2) When a group of British "electricians" (physicists and electrical engineers) published in 1900 a tercentenary commemorative translation of De Magnete, William Gilbert's pioneering treatise on magnetism and ...

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