Galileo's legacy: The technology of the heavens


	Galileo's legacy: The technology of the heavens
JohnWaterman
4-11-2009 11:10 AM
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<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TabletWithLetterToAssyrianKingEsarhaddon2.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Tablet with letter to Assyrian King Esarhaddon" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41011_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TheMesopotamianUniverse.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="The Mesopotamian universe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/noimage_60q.gif" /></A></DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheEgyptianSky.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheEgyptianSky.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheEgyptianSky.html"><H3>The Egyptian sky</H3></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentOfHourglass.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentOfHourglass.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentOfHourglass.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/DC5D98E8-6200-49A8-91D1-8B781AF36AB5" alt="Fragment of hourglass" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentOfHourglass.html"><DIV id="gallery">
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<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/SarcophagusLidPortrayingTheGoddessNut.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Sarcophagus lid portraying the goddess Nut" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41013_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentaryRollOfMagicalcumreligiousPapyrus.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Fragmentary roll of magical-cum-religious papyrus" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41014_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FuneralPapyrusWithFigures.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Funeral papyrus with figures" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41015_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FuneraryStele.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Funerary stele" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41016_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/ReproductionOfMerkhet.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Reproduction of a merkhet" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41017_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/ModelOfCubit.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Model of a cubit" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41018_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/Sundial3.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Sundial" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41019_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MobileSundial1.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Mobile sundial" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41020_60q.gif" /></A><IMG height="60" class="active" alt="Fragment of hourglass" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41021_60q.gif" />
<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MobileSundial2.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Mobile sundial" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41022_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/Hourglass.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Hourglass" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41023_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CopticOstrakon.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Coptic ostrakon" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41024_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/DenderahZodiac.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Denderah Zodiac" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41025_60q.gif" /></A></DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheBiblicalCosmos.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheBiblicalCosmos.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/TheBiblicalCosmos.html"><H3>The Biblical cosmos</H3></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TheCreationOfTheWorldAccordingToGenesis.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TheCreationOfTheWorldAccordingToGenesis.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TheCreationOfTheWorldAccordingToGenesis.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/7164F7E6-4C9E-4C74-B2B1-7B5C26B8395D" alt="The creation of the world according to Genesis" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CelestialGlobe.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CelestialGlobe.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CelestialGlobe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/A2F9E7DD-CAF6-4C18-9BB4-F303787AED0F" alt="Celestial globe" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CelestialGlobe.html"><SPAN>Celestial globe</SPAN>, 2<SPAN>nd</SPAN> century B.C. - 1<SPAN>st</SPAN> century A.D.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/CelestialGlobe.html"><DIV id="gallery">
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<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AratusOfSolisPhaenomena.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Phaenomena" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41044_60q.gif" /></A><IMG height="60" class="active" alt="Celestial globe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41045_60q.gif" />
<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/TheAntikytheraMechanism.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="The Antikythera mechanism" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41046_60q.gif" /></A></DIV>
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<P><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/multimedia/TheChallengeOfTheCalendar.html">The challenge of the calendar</A></p> </DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PlateWithSignsOfTheZodiacAndPlanets.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PlateWithSignsOfTheZodiacAndPlanets.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PlateWithSignsOfTheZodiacAndPlanets.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/3DD45C91-940D-4BD4-A4BE-FD080CA07324" alt="Plate with signs of the zodiac and planets" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PortableVerticalSundial.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PortableVerticalSundial.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PortableVerticalSundial.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/6447A89A-23EE-4C1C-B560-692D174DAD1E" alt="Portable vertical sundial" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AlamAlDinQaysarCelestialGlobe.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AlamAlDinQaysarCelestialGlobe.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AlamAlDinQaysarCelestialGlobe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/3A2FD613-1B69-4DEC-BEAD-DA99AC3E970F" alt="‘Alam al-Din Qaysar’, Celestial globe" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AlamAlDinQaysarCelestialGlobe.html"><DIV id="gallery">
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<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MusaSphericalAstrolabe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Spherical astrolabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41206_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/IbrahimIbnSaidArabAstrolabe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Arab astrolabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41207_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AhmadIbnKhalafAstrolabe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Astrolabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41208_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AnonymousAstrolabe1.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Astrolabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41209_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MuhammadIbnAbiBakrIbariAstrolabeWithGearedCalendar.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Astrolabe with geared calendar" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41210_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MuhammadIbnAbilQasimIbnBakranAstrolabe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Astrolabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41211_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AnonymousPersiaSundialAndPointerToTheMeccaQibla.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Sundial and pointer to the Mecca (qibla)" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41212_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/IbrahimIbnSaidAlSahliAlWazzanCelestialGlobe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Celestial globe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41213_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/GoresOfIbrahimIbnSaidAlSahliAlWazzansCelestialGlobe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Gores of Ibrâhîm ibn Saîd al-Sahlî al-Wazzân’s celestial globe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41214_60q.gif" /></A></DIV>
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/MariaClaraEimmartPhaseOfTheMoonPhasesOfVenusAspectOfJupiterAspectOfSaturn.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/A19BBDB8-8C8A-4347-95AA-D89C7A19FEB7" alt="Maria Clara Eimmart, Phase of the Moon, Phases of Venus, Aspect of Jupiter, Aspect of Saturn" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/DonatoCretiMoonAndJupiter.html" href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/DonatoCretiMoonAndJupiter.html" style="font-size: 11px;">brunelleschi.imss.fi.it</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/DonatoCretiMoonAndJupiter.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/img/98D58E84-305D-4EE6-AEA6-6950DE1221A0" alt="Donato Creti, Moon and Jupiter" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; 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<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AnonymousGalileosJovilabe.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Galileo’s jovilabe" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41547_60q.gif" /></A><IMG height="60" class="active" alt="Galileo’s pendulum clock" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41548_60q.gif" />
<A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/AnonymousModelOfHuygensCycloidalPendulum.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Model of Huygens’ cycloidal pendulum" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41549_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/JohannesVanCeulenPendulumClock.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Pendulum clock" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41550_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/JohnHarrisonMarineCronograph.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Marine cronograph" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41551_60q.gif" /></A><A href="http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/../../galileopalazzostrozzi/object/PaulPhilipBarraudMarineChronometer.html"><IMG height="60" class="thumbnail" alt="Marine chronometer" src="http://vitruvio.imss.fi.it/foto/galileopalazzostrozzi/41552_60q.gif" /></A></DIV>
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