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| IV.9 Armed lodestones |
| Maker: | unknown |
| Date: | first decade 17th cent. | | Materials: | lodestone, iron, brass, silver | | Dimensions: | 59x65x25 mm; 34x36x29 mm; 73x45x74 mm; 46x16x60 mm; 58x32x55 mm; 40x60x60 mm | | Current inventory: | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Set of armed lodestones used by Galileo for his studies on magnets, which intensified in 1600-1609. In particular, Galileo discussed magnets with Paolo Sarpi and Giovanfrancesco Sagredo, between Padua and Venice, during that decade. Their exchanges frequently refer to William Gilbert's De Magnete (London, 1600).
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