Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal ...Dionysius Lardner Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman ...; and J. Taylor, 1835 |
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... present . Upon interrogating , however , some of those who were there , I found that they all made it a subject of merriment , with the exception of one , who assured me that it was not a thing wholly ridiculous . As I considered this ...
... present . Upon interrogating , however , some of those who were there , I found that they all made it a subject of merriment , with the exception of one , who assured me that it was not a thing wholly ridiculous . As I considered this ...
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... present by a man- date conferring upon him for life his professorship at Padua , and generously raising his salary from 520 to 1000 florins . Although we cannot doubt the veracity of Galileo , when he affirms that he had never seen any ...
... present by a man- date conferring upon him for life his professorship at Padua , and generously raising his salary from 520 to 1000 florins . Although we cannot doubt the veracity of Galileo , when he affirms that he had never seen any ...
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... present , it would be out of place to discuss the history of this ex- traordinary invention . We have no hesitation in as- serting that a method of magnifying distant objects was known to Baptista Porta and others ; but it seems to be ...
... present , it would be out of place to discuss the history of this ex- traordinary invention . We have no hesitation in as- serting that a method of magnifying distant objects was known to Baptista Porta and others ; but it seems to be ...
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... present worth more than 1000 florins , and con- cluded that liberal arrangement to which we have already referred . As philosopher and principal mathematician to the grand duke of Tuscany , Galileo now took up his resi- dence at ...
... present worth more than 1000 florins , and con- cluded that liberal arrangement to which we have already referred . As philosopher and principal mathematician to the grand duke of Tuscany , Galileo now took up his resi- dence at ...
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... present day , endeavoured to rob Galileo of this staple article of his reputation . From a careless exa- mination of the papers of our celebrated countryman , Thomas Harriot , which baron Zach had made in 1784 , at Petworth , the seat ...
... present day , endeavoured to rob Galileo of this staple article of his reputation . From a careless exa- mination of the papers of our celebrated countryman , Thomas Harriot , which baron Zach had made in 1784 , at Petworth , the seat ...
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Página 123 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Página 5 - Saturn devoured his own children ? or was the appearance indeed fraud and illusion, with which the glasses have for so long a time mocked me, and so many others who have often observed with me ? Now, perhaps, the time is come to revive the withering hopes of those who, guided by more profound contemplations, have followed all the fallacies of the new observations, and recognised their impossibilities.
Página 33 - The scientific character of Galileo," as we have elsewhere1 had occasion to remark, " and his method of investigating truth, demand our warmest admiration. The number and ingenuity of his inventions" the brilliant discoveries which he made in the heavens, and the depth and beauty of his researches respecting the laws of motion, have gained him the...
Página 16 - We have lovingly embraced him ; nor can We suffer him to return to the country whither your liberality recalls him, without an ample provision of Pontifical love. And that you may know how dear he is to Us, we have willed to give him this honorable testimonial of virtue and piety. And We further signify, that every benefit which you shall confer upon him will conduce to Our gratification.
Página 9 - ... firmness of purpose which truth alone can inspire. Victorious in every contest, they were flushed with success, and they panted for a struggle in which they knew they must triumph. In this state of warlike preparation Galileo addressed a letter, in 1613, to his friend and pupil, the Abbe Castelli, the object of which was to prove that the Scriptures were not intended to teach us science and philosophy. Hence he inferred, that the language employed in the sacred volume in reference to such subjects...
Página 26 - ... moved and was not the centre of the world. He is, therefore, charged with having incurred all the censures and penalties enacted against such offences; but from all these he is to be absolved provided that, with a sincere heart and faith unfeigned, he abjures and curses the heresies he has maintained, as well as every other heresy against the Catholic Church. In order to prevent the recurrence of such crimes, it was also decreed that his work should be prohibited by a formal edict ; that he should...