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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... took possession of the wondrous tube , and detained the impatient philosopher for several hours , till they had successively witnessed its effects . Desirous of obtaining the same gratification for their friends , they endeavoured to ...
... took possession of the wondrous tube , and detained the impatient philosopher for several hours , till they had successively witnessed its effects . Desirous of obtaining the same gratification for their friends , they endeavoured to ...
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... took him again into favour , on the condition that Kepler was to show him Jupiter's satellites ; and that Horky was not only to see them , but to admit their existence . When the spirit of philosophy had thus left the in- dividuals who ...
... took him again into favour , on the condition that Kepler was to show him Jupiter's satellites ; and that Horky was not only to see them , but to admit their existence . When the spirit of philosophy had thus left the in- dividuals who ...
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... took up his resi- dence at Florence , with a salary of 1000 florins . No official duties , excepting that of lecturing occasionally to sovereign princes , were attached to this appointment ; and it was expressly stipulated that he ...
... took up his resi- dence at Florence , with a salary of 1000 florins . No official duties , excepting that of lecturing occasionally to sovereign princes , were attached to this appointment ; and it was expressly stipulated that he ...
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... took with him his best tele- scope ; and as he had discovered the spots on the sun's surface in the month of March , 1611 , he had the grati- fication of exhibiting this new wonder to his admiring disciples . He accordingly erected his ...
... took with him his best tele- scope ; and as he had discovered the spots on the sun's surface in the month of March , 1611 , he had the grati- fication of exhibiting this new wonder to his admiring disciples . He accordingly erected his ...
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... took with him his best tele- scope ; and as he had discovered the spots on the sun's surface in the month of March , 1611 , he had the grati- fication of exhibiting this new wonder to his admiring disciples . He accordingly erected his ...
... took with him his best tele- scope ; and as he had discovered the spots on the sun's surface in the month of March , 1611 , he had the grati- fication of exhibiting this new wonder to his admiring disciples . He accordingly erected his ...
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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...