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The CONTENTS of the SECOND
TOME.
PART THE FIRST. | ||
Treatise I. | GALILEUS GALILEUS, his mathematical discourses and Demonstratioms touching two new Sciences, pertaining to the Mechanicks, and local motion: with an Appendix of the Centre of gravity of some solids in Four dialogues. | |
II. | His MECHANICKS; a New Peice. | |
III. | RHENATUS Des CARTES, his Mechanicks; translated from his French manuscript; a New Peice. | |
IV. | ARCHIMEDES, his Tract De Insidentibus Humido; with the Notes and Demonstrasions of NICOLAUS TARTALEUS, in Two Books. | |
V. | GALILEUS his Discourse of the things that move in or upon the Water. | |
VI. | NICOLAUS TARTALEUS his Inventions for Diving under Water, Raising of Ships sunk, &c. in Two Books. |
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PART THE SECOND. | ||
I. | EVANGELISTA TORRICELLIUS, his Doctrine of Projects, and Tables of the Ranges of Great Gunns of all sorts; wherein he detects sundry Errors in Gunnery: An Epitome. | |
II. | T. S. his Experiments of the comparative Gravity of Bodies in the Aire and Water. | |
III. | GALILEUS GALILEUS, his Life: in Five Books, | |
Book I. Containing Five Chapters. | ||
Chap. 1. His Country. | ||
2. His Parents and Extraction. | ||
3. His time of Birth. | ||
4. His first Education. | ||
5. His Masters. | ||
II. Containing Three Chapters. | ||
Chap. 1. His judgment in several Learnings. | ||
2. His Opinions and Doctrine. | ||
3. His Auditors and Scholars. | ||
III. Containing Four Chapters. | ||
Chap. 1. His behaviour in Civil Affairs. | ||
2. His manner of Living. | ||
3. His morall Virtues. | ||
4. His misfortunes and troubles. | ||
IV. Containing Four Chapters. | ||
Chap. 1. His person described. | ||
2. His Will and Death. | ||
3. His Inventions. | ||
4. His Writings. | ||
5. His Dialogues of the Systeme in particular, containing Nine Sections. | ||
Section 1. Of Astronomy in General; its Definition, Praise, Original. | ||
2. Of Astronomers: a Chronological Catalogue of the most famous of them. | ||
3. Of the Doctrine of the Earths Mobility, &c. its Antiquity, and Progresse from Pythagoras to the time of Copernicus. | ||
4. Of the Followers of Copernicus, unto the time of Galileus. | ||
5. Of the severall Systemes amongst Astronomers. | ||
6. Of the Allegations against the Copern. Systeme, in 77 Arguments taken out of Ricciolo, with Answers to them. | ||
7. Of the Allegations for the Copern. Systeme in 50 Arguments. | ||
8. Of the Scriptures Authorities produced against and for the Earths mobility. | ||
9. The Conclusion of the whole Chapter. | ||
V. Containing Four Chapters. | ||
Chap. 1. His Patrons, Friends, and Emulators. | ||
2. Authors judgments of him. | ||
3. Authors that have writ for, or against him. | ||
4. A Conclusion in certain Reflections upon his whole Life. | ||
Tome. | A Table of the whole Second
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