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an excerpt from history of the experimental method in italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2005

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we consider this merit, however, to have almost no value in comparison to one which we wish to acquire from the offended worshippers of galileo. we announce to them that after having identified and reordered the scattered writings which complete the sixth dialogue as far as percussion is concerned, we were also able to reintegrate the dialogue with regard to the use of a little chain to provide a rule for aiming artillery, without having to resort to laborious calculations.

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appendix: a forgotten controversy:
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2001 cambridge university press

Footnotes

this is a translation of pages 143-154 of volume 5 of raffaello caverni, storia del metodo sperimentale in italia, 1891–1900, 6 vols. firenze: civelli, 1891–1900. all footnotes are by the translator. the list of references can be found in a bibliographical section at the end of the appendix.