The sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei
Essays Book language: English 66 pages A short astronomical treatise in which Galileo Galilei describes what he observed through his telescope: the Moon's surface, a multitude of stars, and moons orbiting Jupiter. It is worth listening to for its clear, firsthand account of early telescopic astronomy and the sense of discovery.
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Opening of the book THE SIDEREAL MESSENGER
RIVINGTONS
London
Waterloo Place
Oxford
Magdalen Street
Cambridge Trinity Street
GALILEO’S BROKEN LENS.
GALILEO’S BROKEN LENS.
EXHIBITED IN THE LOAN COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSE
1876.
From a photograph of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington.
THE SIDEREAL MESSENGER
OF
GALILEO GALILEI
AND A PART OF THE PREFACE TO KEPLER’S DIOPTRICS
CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF GALILEO’S
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES.
A Translation with Introduction and Notes
BY
EDWARD STAFFORD CARLOS, M.A.
HEAD MATHEMATICAL MASTER IN CHRIST’S HOSPITAL.
RIVINGTONS
WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON
Oxford and Cambridge
MDCCCLXXX
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