Hand Written Annotations
Hand Written Annotations
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The Operations of the Geometrical and Military Compass, 1606 Galilei, Galileo (1606) Featuring Galileo's Handwritting. Galileo dedicated the manual for his engineering compass to young Cosimo II de Medici, whom he had tutored in mathematics the previous summer. |
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Defense Against the Calumnies and Impostures of Baldessar Capra! Galileo, (1607) Featuring Galileo's Handwriting. Galileo published his second printed book to establish his priority rights and to inform Cosimo de Medici of the legal judgment against Capra. This copy, bound with the Compasso, is inscribed by Galileo to a Florentine physician. |
