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    Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (Latin), Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt (French), or Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt (fl. 1269), was a French mathematician,...
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  • (1923–2020), British journalist Peregrinus Proteus (died 165 AD), a Cynic philosopher Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1200s), French scholar Howell Peregrine...
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  • Magnet motor (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    kind). First ideas of a magnetic motor were put forward by Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt in 1269, who imagined a toothed wheel that is continually moving...
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    research of magnetic fields began in 1269 when French scholar Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt mapped out the magnetic field on the surface of a spherical...
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  • Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, of Luceria, author of Epistola de magnete (1269), the first scientific treatise...
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    monopoles originated in 1269 by Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt. His work heavily influenced William Gilbert, whose 1600 work De Magnete spread the idea further...
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    Sherwood that "nobody was greater in philosophy than he"; praised Peter of Maricourt (the author of "A Letter on Magnetism") and John of London as "perfect"...
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    describing the properties of magnets was done by Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt when he wrote Epistola de magnete. Arabic numerals (13th century) The first...
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  • Petrus Forestus (Pieter van Foreest; 1521–1597), Dutch physician Petrus de Natalibus (fl. 1400), Venetian hagiographer Petrus Peregrinus or Peter de Maricourt...
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    1931– ) – climate models; awarded William Bowie Medal Pierre de Maricourt (Petrus Peregrinus) (French, fl. 1269) – first extant treatise on properties of...
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