coition

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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

Since it is an element, it has a motion natural to it, and this motion is magnetic coition.

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

Objection 1: It would seem that generation by coition would not have existed in the state of innocence.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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

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