Article ID: CBB000053076

Magnetism and the anti-Copernican polemic (1985)

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Description Examines the arguments of those anti-Copernicans (Kircher, Grandami, Cabeo, Zucchi, and Schott) who sought to bolster their astronomical claims by appealing to the science of magnetism.


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Authors & Contributors
Pumfrey, Stephen
Hine, William Lewis
Pieter Present
Waddell, Mark A.
Sander, Christoph
Reeves, Eileen A.
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Occult sciences
Natural magic
Experiments and experimentation
Leyden jar
Telegraphy
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
19th century
Places
France
British Isles
England
Germany
Rome (Italy)
Paris (France)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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