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... own ex- pense . The projected instrument was a qua- drant of fourteen cubits radius ! and Tycho and his friend entered upon its construction with that intense ardour which is ever crowned with success . 132 TYCHO BRAHE .
... own ex- pense . The projected instrument was a qua- drant of fourteen cubits radius ! and Tycho and his friend entered upon its construction with that intense ardour which is ever crowned with success . 132 TYCHO BRAHE .
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... cubits long , and also of two arches , one of which was graduated , while the other served to keep the radii in the same plane . After the radii had been opened or shut till they nearly comprehended the angle between the stars to be ...
... cubits long , and also of two arches , one of which was graduated , while the other served to keep the radii in the same plane . After the radii had been opened or shut till they nearly comprehended the angle between the stars to be ...
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... cubits radius , and an azi- muth circle of three cubits . 4. Ptolemy's parallactic rules , covered with brass , four cubits in the side . 5. The sextant already described in page 134 . 6. Another quadrant , like No. 3 . 7. Zodiacal ...
... cubits radius , and an azi- muth circle of three cubits . 4. Ptolemy's parallactic rules , covered with brass , four cubits in the side . 5. The sextant already described in page 134 . 6. Another quadrant , like No. 3 . 7. Zodiacal ...
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... cubits . In the north Observatory . 9. Brass parallactic rules , which revolved in azimuth above a brass horizon , twelve feet in diameter . 10. A half sextant , of four cubits radius . 11. A steel sextant . 12. Another half sextant ...
... cubits . In the north Observatory . 9. Brass parallactic rules , which revolved in azimuth above a brass horizon , twelve feet in diameter . 10. A half sextant , of four cubits radius . 11. A steel sextant . 12. Another half sextant ...
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... cubits . 24. A moveable armillary sphere , three cubits in diameter . 25. A quadrant of solid brass , one cubit radius , and divided into minutes by Nonian circles . 26. An astronomical radius of solid brass , three cubits long . 27. An ...
... cubits . 24. A moveable armillary sphere , three cubits in diameter . 25. A quadrant of solid brass , one cubit radius , and divided into minutes by Nonian circles . 26. An astronomical radius of solid brass , three cubits long . 27. An ...
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abjuration afterwards appear Arcetri astro astrology astronomical attacked brass Caccini Cardinal Castelli celebrated character Church of Rome comets Copernican system Copernicus Cosmo cubits dedicated Denmark Dialogues disc discovered discoveries doctrines earth Emperor enemies excited favour fixed stars Florence florins friend and pupil genius Grand Duke Hainzel Harriot heavens heretical Holiness honour Huen Inquisition instruments Jupiter Jupiter's Kepler kindness labours letter letter to Castelli liberal libration lileo Linz ment method mind months moon motion Niccolini noble object observations observatory obtain Opere di Galileo opinions orbits Padua pension philosopher Pisa planets Pontiff Pope Pope Urban VII Prague Prince Ptolemaic Ptolemaic system published received renounce requested respecting Rudolph Rudolphine Tables salary Salviati satellites Saturn Scheiner Scripture seems sextant spots Styria summoned sun's telescope Thomas Harriot tion truth Tuscan Tuscan ambassador Tycho Uraniburg Urban VIII Velser views
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Página 74 - We find in him not only literary distinction, but also the love of piety, and he is strong in those qualities by which pontifical good-will is easily obtained. And now, when he has been brought to this city to congratulate Us on Our elevation, We have very 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 honourable...
Página 66 - ... holding forth, as he often does, in the midst of fifteen or twenty, all violently attacking him, sometimes in one house, sometimes in another. But he is armed after such fashion that he laughs all of them to scorn ; and even if the novelty of his opinions prevents entire persuasion, at least it convicts of emptiness most of the arguments with which his adversaries endeavour to overwhelm him.
Página 239 - I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession, that I have stolen the golden vases of the Egyptians to build up a tabernacle for my God far away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast ; the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has...
Página 240 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast ; the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity. I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer like myself.
Página 52 - 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 80 - ... demonstrated ; but he had not the courage to do this in a direct and open manner.' He adopted the plan of discussing the subject in a Dialogue between three speakers, in the hope of eluding, by this artifice, the censure of the church. This work was completed in 1630 ; but, 6wing to some difficulty in obtaining a license to print it, it was not published till 1632.
Página 255 - In a work which is to record the religious character of Newton, it would be unjust to withhold from Kepler the credit -which is due to his piety and faith. The harmony of the universe, which he strove to expound, excited in him not only admiration, but love. He felt his own humility the farther he penetrated into the mysteries of the universe...
Página 118 - 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 30 - he demanded, " would it be but a vast unblessed desert, void of animals, of plants, of cities and of men ; the abode of silence and inaction ; senseless, lifeless, soulless, and...
Página 218 - Yesterday, when weary with writing, and my mind quite dusty with considering these atoms, I was called to supper, and a salad I had asked for was set before me.