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Re: Reprint of Wm. Gilbert's book
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- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:41:55 -0600
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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" Is this a facsimile edition and is it in Latin or old English?
Seems
as if a copy should be in every library.
Ed
Hi Ed,
I will let you know for sure as soon as mine arrives. It may be some
of both. I know some editions contain translations done ca 1900 by
Sylvanus Thompson, one of Feynman's favorite authors.
Matt D."
Please do. Sylvanus Thompson was a very prominent guy around the turn
of the 20th century and I have a copy of an early edition of his
"Electricity and Magnetism" in my bookcase. Excellent book and more
useful as a fundamental reference than some of the more recent books I
have. Wasn't aware that Feynman had occasion to have known of him.
Ed