coition

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The word Coitio, used by Gilbert for the mutual force between magnet and iron, has been retained in its English form, coition.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

A determined Verticity and a disponent Faculty are what arrange magneticks, not a force, attracting them or pulling them together, nor merely a strongish coition or unition.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

A hypothesis similar to that used to explain electric attraction lay beneath the explanation of magnetic coition: that bodies brought into contact will move together.

From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James

Stallions suffering in this way will refuse to mount or, having mounted, will fail to complete the act of coition.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The variation and direction arise from the disponent power of the earth, and from the natural magnetick tendency to rotation, not from attraction, or from coition, or from other occult cause.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William