List of Articles by or about Gilbert
Volume 1
1 (Aug 1791)
- No trace of B.
2 (Sep 1791)
- 42 Announcement of General Essay on Magic
- 46-8 Remarkable fulfilment of Events notified by the solar eclipse June 4, 1788.
3 (Oct 1791)
- 77-9 General Essay on Magic
- 80 Magic – lists of planetary numbers and names
- 80 Farther astrological remarks on solar eclipse June 4th 1788
4 (Nov 1791)
- 106 Editorial: re ‘author of Remarks on the Solar Eclipse in June 1788
- 109-10 Explanation of the Jewish or Planetary Hours
- 110-1 To the Rev Richard Beere
- 112 Judgment of the Winter Solstice
- 124-5 Answer to Query II
- 126 Questions for Astrologers (Signed “Omega”)
5 (Dec 1791)
- 138 Editorial: B’s answer to Query I.
- 142 Magic (cont. from p.80)
- 144 Astrological notices for January: (Prediction: ‘The head of Sweden drowned cruelly’.)
- 153-4 The Augur No IV
6 (Jan 1792) [Printed as ‘Feb’ in error]
- 170 Editorial. re B’s answer to Query III upon palmistry
- 173 Astrological notices for February
- 175-6 Observations on, and List of, Remarkable Fires in 1791
- 183 Proposal to make Talismans
- 183 The Augur No V
7 (Feb 1792)
- 204 Editorial: Note from B.
- 205-9 William Pitt’s Nativity (at request of Editor)
- 209-10 Astrological Notices for February [2]
- 220 Proposal for a Philosophical Society
- 220-4 Explanation of the number 666.
- 224 Response to J.P Astro. Philo. re Talismans [signed William Gilbert]
- 225 Answer to Query III: Verification of a chiromantic prophecy.
8 (Mar 1792)
[p.334 follows p.233 in numbering error – no pages are missing]
- 336 Editorial page: B explains his erroneous no frost prediction etc.
- 337-41 Truth and Importance of Astrology
- 342 Spring Quarter Notification
9 (April 1792)
- 368 To Correspondents: Messages from B.
- 369-70 Truth and Importance of Astrology (cont. from p. 341)
- 370-2 Predictions for April
- 374 Answer to Astrological Queries in IV Disagreement with W. E.
- 382-3 The Augur VI
- 389-90 B. to the Public offering to ‘calculate nativities and resolve questions’.
- 391-2 On Henry Cornelius Agrippa
- 396 ‘Prediction fulfilled’. King of Sweden assassinated.
10 (May 1792)
- 400 Proposals for instructing Pupils in Spiritual Knowledge.
- 401 Astrology: Spring Quarter
- 404 W. E. takes up B’s challenge.
11 (Jun 1792)
- 432 To Correspondents: ‘The letters to Mr B. are forwarded as directed’.
- 435 Mercurius of Bath writes in support of W. E.’s attack on B.
12 (Jul 1792)
- 464 Editorial: ‘What is become of Mr B.? Has W. E. touched him too closely?’
- 465-7 W. E. letter to B. naming him as William Gilbert and criticising his faulty astrology.
Volume 2
13 (August 1792)
20 (March 1793)
- 284-5 Hints to Mariners. B. contributes ‘a new and easy Method of preserving Water sweet in Sea Voyages.’
22 (May 1793)
23 (June 1793)
- 412 Correspondents. ‘Our worthy friend B’s favour shall be duly noticed in our next’.
24 (July 1793)
- 516-8 French and other Matters. A final rich mix of astrological notes and biographical information.
- 518-9 Georgean Planet and Platina. Gilbert on the importance of the new planet Uranus.
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Acknowledgements
Vanda Zajko and Ellen O’Gorman kindly helped with Latin translation where noted.
esoteric archives, the work of Joseph H. Peterson, and the sources listed in Astrological References and Background have been invaluable for tracing Gilbert’s occult sources.