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Precursors to Peregrinus

The early history of magnetism and the mariner's compass in Europe

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ID11892047
AuthorsJulian A Smith (0000-0003-1244-4277, a Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Toronto, Ont., Canada, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume18
Issue1
Pages21-74
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0304-4181(92)90016-r
OpenAlexW2030518118
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited28

Histories of magnetism and the mariner's compass have usually been restricted to a few brief descriptions by Alexander Neckam, Guyot de Provins and Jacques de Vitry, followed by the important Epistola de Magnete of of Peter Peregrinus (1269). But by reviewing the many other early European references to the mariner's compass, we find that there is little in Peregrinus that originating, knowledge of the compass

Ancient history · Biology · Cartography · Compass · Geography · Magnetism · Peregrinus · Physics · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Condensed Matter Physics · Ecology

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Citations per year0,21
Citation span1997 - 2022 (26)
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Highly citedNo
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