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• - A lecture from professor Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. Long and detailed.
  
• - Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester.
  
• - Timeline of classical electromagnetism, including optics, magnetism, electricity and their unification.
  
• - Full text online of a book by Bern Dibner on the invention of the battery and the discovery of electric current.
  
• - A time line of the development of electromagnetism from 900 BC to 1905.
  
• - A brief description of Tesla, his life, and his works.