The Magnetic Art

9. Construction of artificial machines.
1. To show the history of Jonah absorbed by the whale by the tractive power of the magnet.
2. By what reason the Evangelical history of Christ walking upon the water can also be shown.
3. So that even a wooden statue may seem to exercise hydromancy divination by water.
10. Remarkable use of the magnet in medical matters.

MAGNETIC PARERGA Appendices/Supplementary works.

1. Suspension of iron in the air by the power of the magnet.
2. So that a pile of sand mixed with iron filings is separated in a short time.
3. To show an army of sands as if it were the army of Xerxes.

HISTORICAL.

1. History of a certain iron chariot.
2. Architecture of Dinocrates from a solid magnet.
3. Relation of Ven. Bede concerning the Horse of Bellerophon.

PARADOXES.

1. Likewise wonderful things of Bede and Apollodorus concerning the magnet.
2. Likewise a wonderful observation concerning the weight of the magnet.
3. Diverse property of the parts of the magnet.
4. Observation of Cardano concerning the magnet attracting flesh.

SUPERSTITIOUS or FABULOUS.

1. Superstitious things of the magnetic stone.
2. Example of Marbodaeus the Gaul.
3. Trifling opinion of Luca Gaurico concerning the magnet.

MORALS.

1. The Magnet as a symbol of the Holy Trinity.
2. The Emperor, King, Prince as Magnet.
3. The Priest, Bishop, Preacher as Magnet.

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