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Side 4
... possessed was either burnt or carried away . Galileo sent for his two nephews , Alberto and a younger brother , to Arcetri near Florence , where De his quæ diu vivunt . Patavii , 1612 . he was then living . These two were then the only ...
... possessed was either burnt or carried away . Galileo sent for his two nephews , Alberto and a younger brother , to Arcetri near Florence , where De his quæ diu vivunt . Patavii , 1612 . he was then living . These two were then the only ...
Side 9
... possessed instruments to verify , or talents to appreciate ; but it is difficult to find terms for stigmatizing the obdurate folly of those who preferred the evidence of their books to that of their senses , in judging of phenomena so ...
... possessed instruments to verify , or talents to appreciate ; but it is difficult to find terms for stigmatizing the obdurate folly of those who preferred the evidence of their books to that of their senses , in judging of phenomena so ...
Side 10
... possessed a slight knowledge of mechanics on which he prided himself , had proposed a contrivance for cleans- ing the port of Leghorn , on the effi- ciency of which Galileo was consulted . His opinion was unfavourable , and the violence ...
... possessed a slight knowledge of mechanics on which he prided himself , had proposed a contrivance for cleans- ing the port of Leghorn , on the effi- ciency of which Galileo was consulted . His opinion was unfavourable , and the violence ...
Side 14
... possessed much of the genius of the Platonic reveries , and al- though it did happen that Galileo , by systematically avoiding them , failed to recognise some important truths . Ga- lileo probably was thinking of those very laws , when ...
... possessed much of the genius of the Platonic reveries , and al- though it did happen that Galileo , by systematically avoiding them , failed to recognise some important truths . Ga- lileo probably was thinking of those very laws , when ...
Side 54
... possessed extraordinary talents . The date of Vin- cenzo's marriage , as given by Nelli , appears somewhat inconsistent with the correspondence between Galileo and Castelli , in which , so late as 1629 , Galileo is apparently writing of ...
... possessed extraordinary talents . The date of Vin- cenzo's marriage , as given by Nelli , appears somewhat inconsistent with the correspondence between Galileo and Castelli , in which , so late as 1629 , Galileo is apparently writing of ...
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