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Book/Printed Material Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 2, Volume 13, Floats: Fragments and First Drafts Related to the Treatise "Of Things that Float on Water". Frammenti e primi abbozzi relativi al trattato "Delle cose che stanno su l'acqua"

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Title

  • Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 2, Volume 13, Floats: Fragments and First Drafts Related to the Treatise "Of Things that Float on Water".

Other Title

  • Frammenti e primi abbozzi relativi al trattato "Delle cose che stanno su l'acqua"

Summary

  • This fragmentary work elaborates on earlier studies undertaken by the Italian scientist, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei (1564--1642) on the Greek mathematician and physicist Archimedes of Syracuse (circa 287 BCE--circa 212 BCE). This study contains notes about the theories of buoyancy and floatation, which Galileo later gathered in a more coherent form in his treatise Discorso... intorno alle cose che stanno in sù l'acqua (Discourse on floating bodies), published in Florence in 1612. As with his more prominent work of astronomy, Sidereus Nuncius (Starry messenger), Galileo's work aroused controversy for its views on scientific causality and its relationship to the Aristotelian method. Two scholars from Pisa, Arturo Pannocchieschi d'Elci and Giorgio Coresio, published treatises later in 1612 criticizing Galileo's work.

Names

  • Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Author.

Created / Published

  • Florence : [publisher not identified], [1611 to 1612]

Headings

  • -  Italy
  • -  1611 to 1612
  • -  Archimedes' principle
  • -  Buoyant ascent (Hydrodynamics)
  • -  Floating bodies
  • -  Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: National Central Library of Florence.
  • -  Content in Italian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Galilean Collection

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667672

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, Author. Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 2, Volume 13, Floats: Fragments and First Drafts Related to the Treatise "Of Things that Float on Water". [Florence: Publisher Not Identified, to 1612, 1611] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667672/.

APA citation style:

Galilei, G. (1611) Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 2, Volume 13, Floats: Fragments and First Drafts Related to the Treatise "Of Things that Float on Water". [Florence: Publisher Not Identified, to 1612] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667672/.

MLA citation style:

Galilei, Galileo, Author. Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 2, Volume 13, Floats: Fragments and First Drafts Related to the Treatise "Of Things that Float on Water". [Florence: Publisher Not Identified, to 1612, 1611] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667672/>.