HISTORY OF PHYSICS    
Greece to Middle Ages 17th - 18th century      Gilbert and the amber force      Galileo and the Discorsi      Torricelli and the barometer      Von Guericke and the vacuum      Robert Boyle      Newton in the garden      Newton and Opticks      Newton and gravity      Leyden jar      Watson, Franklin and electricity      Joseph Black and latent heat To be completed PHYSICS Timeline Share | Gilbert and the amber force: AD 1600The year 1600 is a good one for William Gilbert. He is appointed court physician to Queen Elizabeth, and the summary of his life-long research into magnetism is published as De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure (Of the magnet, of magnetic bodies, and of the earth as a great magnet). As the title states, Gilbert`s work has led him to the grand conclusion that compasses behave as they do because the earth itself is a vast magnet. He...