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MAGNES SIVE, DE ARTE MAGNETICA OPUS TRIPARTITUM
Spencer Ploessl Spencer Ploessl

MAGNES SIVE, DE ARTE MAGNETICA OPUS TRIPARTITUM

In the mid-17th century, Athanasius Kircher tried to create a unified theory that explained how the world fundamentally worked. After years of trying to figure out what made the world work, Kircher believed he found the answer—magnetism.

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SPECULUM NATURALE
Spencer Ploessl Spencer Ploessl

SPECULUM NATURALE

This book, handwritten by Belgian monks in 1280, is the oldest piece in The Bakken Museum’s collections. Well, technically, it’s tied for oldest with the other volume in the collections.

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