_echeneis_ (the sucking fish), 7, 63, 110.

Ecphantus, 214.

effluvia, electrical, 52, 53, 59, 66.

magnetical, 61.

electrical attraction, 50, 51, 111.

electrick force, definition of, 52.

electricks, *vj, 46-60.

_electrum_ ([Greek: elektron]), 47.

emerald is non-electrick, 51.

emery, 22, 51.

Empedocles, 208.

Encelius (or Entzelt, Christoph.), 3, 111.

Epicurius, 61, 62.

Erasmus Rheinholdus, 213.

Erastus, Thomas, 3, 22.

errors in navigation, 166, 177.

Evax, King of Arabia, 111.

Euripides, 9, 11, 18.

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Fallopius, Gabriellus, 3, 34, 35, 112.

Fantis, Antonius de, 107.

Fernelius, Joannes Franciscus, 4.

Ficinus, Marsilius (or Marsiglio Ficino), 3, 7, 116 153.

filings of iron, 37, 69, 90, 91, 92, 104.

Filippo Costa. _See_ Costa.

fire destroys magnetick properties, 66, 67, 91, 124.

flame destroys electrification, 59.

flame hinders not magnetick attractions, 66.

Flavius Blondus. _See_ Blondus.

flies in amber, 47.

form _versus_ matter, 52, 65.

Fra Paolo, 6.

Fracastorio, Hieronymo, 5, 50, 67, 71, 91, 110, 113, 152.

Franciscus Maurolycus. _See_ Maurolycus.

Franciscus Rueus. _See_ Rueus.

Gagates. _See_ jet.

Galen, 2, 9, 32, 35, 39, 46, 49, 61, 62, 63.

Gallus, Marbodaeus, 2, 7.

garlick, its reputed antagonism to magnetism, 2, 32, 64.

Gartias ab Horto, 32.

Gaudentius Merula, 7.

Gauricus, Lucas, 7.

Geber (J[=a]bir ibn Haiyan, _Al-Tarsus[=i]_) 21.

Gemma, Cornelius, 63.

gems, electrick properties of, 48, 51.

_geniter_, 47.

Georgius Agricola. _See_ Agricola.

Gilbert, Adrian, 11.

Gilgil Mauritanus, 19.

Gioia, or Goia, of Amalfi, 4.

Giulio Caesare, 141.

glass, an electrick by friction, 48, 54, 59.

use of loadstone in making, 111.

goat's blood, 7.

Gonzalus Oviedus, 4.

Goropius, Henricus Becanus, 4.

Grotius, Hugo, 167, 168.

Haematite, 22, 51.

Hali Abbas ('Ali ibn Al 'Abbas, _Al Masufi_), 2, 6.

Hannibal Rosetius Calaber, 3.

Hariot, Thomas, 7.

Heat, effect of on loadstone, 66, 67, 93, 123, 124.

Helmshuda, 167.

Heraclea, the city of, 8.

Heraclean stone, or stone of Hercules, 8, 43, 61, 169.

Heraclides, 214.

Heraclitus, 208.

Hermes, 209.

Hermolaus Barbarus, 3.

Hero of Alexandria, 58.

Hipparchus, 213, 214, 234, 235, 237.

Hippocrates, 8, 35, 51, 61.

horizon, the magnetick, defined, 80.

Horto, Gartias ab, 32.

Horus, the bone of, or _Os Ori_, 9.

hot iron not magnetick, 66.

Hues, Robert, 7.

Hugo Grotius, 167, 168.

Inclination. _See_ dip.

interposition of bodies, 53, 66, 83, 85, 89, 137.

iris gem, the, 48.

iron, its nature and occurrence, 19, 20, 22, 25.

filings of, 37, 69, 90, 91, 92, 104.

its various names and qualities, 23, 33, 36.

its various uses, 23, 24, 39, 86, 90, 95.

medical uses of, 33, 35.

surpasses loadstone, 69, 95.

verticity in, 85, 123, 139.

iron ore is magnetick, 18, 27, 38, 43.

has poles, 28.

islands, magnetick influence of, 5, 153,161.

Jacobus Severtius, 5.

jet, 47, 48, 53, 55, 86.

Joannes Baptista Porta. _See_ Porta.

Joannes Baptista Montanus, 2.