The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Gilbert, Dr. (1544 - 1603)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10705?docPos=5 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_%28astronomer%29 References in Documents:Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)
eleven are Arm'd and
Coated. They are usually found
in
Germany, Italy, Misnia, &c. in the Iron-Mines; and
sometimes yield Iron. See the
and
by our own Country-man