Drawing of a magnetic field by René Descartes — Reclusland

February 2, 2010

- Drawing of a magnetic field by René Descartes -

Just thought this was awesome.

Drawing of a magnetic field by René Descartes, from his Principia Philosophiae, 1644.
This was one of the first drawings of the concept of a magnetic field.

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