On the Magnet/V-5
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The page and line references given in these notes are in all cases first to the Latin edition of 1600, and secondly to the English edition of 1900.
CHAP. V.
That declination does not arise from the attraction
of the loadstone, but from a disposing and
rotating influence.
The page and line references given in these notes are in all cases first to the Latin edition of 1600, and secondly to the English edition of 1900.
234 ↑ Page 195, line 20. Page 195, line 24. multa maiora pondera.—Many greater weights. All editions read multa, but the sense requires multo: "much greater weights."
235 ↑ Page 196, line 10. Page 196, line 12. constans est.—This must not be read "is constant," for it is constant only in any given latitude.