Research Catalog

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Description

1. vii, 296 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

1. Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
2. Galilei, Galileo
3. Mechanics > Experiments > History
4. Motion > Experiments > History
5. Mechanik

Contents

1. Problems of chronology -- Around 1590 : the dynamics of the De motu -- Le Mecaniche (1592-1600) -- 1592-1610 : "the best eighteen years of my life" -- 1602 : the theorem of chords and the isochronicity of pendulums : the letter to Guidobaldo del Monte -- Before 1604 : the law for falling bodies : experimental results -- Folio 107v : the experimental confirmation of the law of motion -- Why "100 braccia in 5 seconds"? -- Before 1607 : parabolic trajectories -- Before 1610 : the velocity acquired in descent is proportional to the square of the height -- Before 1610 : launching from the inclined plane without a straghtener -- The time taken to descend along inclined planes of equal height and the theorem of final velocity -- Another comparison between two motions : free fall and descent along a plane : difficulties due to the rolling of the sphere -- Before 1606 : experiments on a shipin uniform motion : long before 1623 : Galileo's principle of relativity -- The laws of motion : Galileo announces them in the Dialogo (1632) and presents them in the Discorsi (1638) -- Before 1610 : the constant-flow chronograph -- Galileo overcame the difficulty due to rolling by carrying out experiments with a new machine -- The conception of Galilei's machine : the "vertical plane" -- A description of Galilei's machine and of the experiments that can be carried out on it -- Marin Mersenne : a man who "wants to turn everything topsy-turvy."

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.