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Image: The Lodestone, the Magnet (Lapis Polaris, Magnes)

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The Lodestone, the Magnet (Lapis Polaris, Magnes)

ca. 1590-1600
16th century
200 x 270 mm (7.9 x 10.6 in.)

Theodor Galle, Dutch (Flemish), (baptized 1571–buried 1633)
After Stradanus (aka aka Johannes Stradanus), Flemish, (1523–1605)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Engraving
Series: from New Discoveries and Inventions (Nova Reperta)
Edition: Engraved by Theodor Galle after Johannes Stradanus; published by Philip Galle. The DAC holds ten plates from the Nova Reperta set of 20.
Bibliography: The set is Hollstein 410–419 (vol. 7, p. 87); Hollstein 129–138 (vol. 4, p. 213); Nagler, Künstler-Lexikon (vol. 17, p. 449); Nagler, Künstler-Lexikon (vol. 19, p. 555).
Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1960
Accession Number: 1960.4.5.3

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This object has the following keywords:
magnetism*, magnets*, science*, technology
  • magnetism - Class of physical phenomena associated with magnets and the fields of force produced by moving electric currents. [April 1995 related term added. November 1992 descriptor added.]
  • magnets - Objects possessing the property of attracting iron or steel and producing a magnetic field external to itself. [May 1994 descriptor added.]
  • science - Use for the group of studies or branches of knowledge concerned with facts and phenomena of the observable or quantifiable world, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws. [April 1996 lead-in terms added; scope note added; related term added. July 1993 descriptor moved. January 1991 alternate term added.]
  • technology

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  • plate Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm (7.9 x 10.6 in.)

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