A Discourse Presented to the Most Serene Don Cosimo II., Great Duke of Tuscany, Concerning the Natation of Bodies Vpon, and Submersion In, the Water.Galilei, Galileo
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A Discourse Presented to the Most Serene Don Cosimo II., Great Duke of Tuscany, Concerning the Natation of Bodies Vpon, and Submersion In, the Water.
Galilei, Galileo
Hydrostatics; Specific gravity
Page 17, printer's error, rhe for the 'as in rhe Stilliard,'.
Page 17, missing space between words 'asoften as that'.
Page 18, sidenote, printer's error, specifiaclly for specifically
'A Solid specifiaclly graver'.
Page 20, potential printer's error, properly for property, 'but
this properly they have'.
Page 20, printer's error, n for u 'loseth all a{u}thenticalness'.
Page 22, printer's error or variation in spelling, Benonamico for
Buonamico 'it seemes that Benonamico'.
Page 23, printer's error, missing i 'accordng to its excess'.
Page 24, missing line at the end of page in original text 'its
Region it loseth all'.
Page 26, missing letter n 'u{n}able by its small weight'.
Page 29, missing letter e 'that I have gon{e} about'.
Page 32, unclear symbol in original text 'other Figure, {&}c.'.
Page 37, potential printer's error, comma in unusual position
'whatever Figure, goeth always'.
Page 38, missing space between words 'Superficies might bedry:'.
Page 39, missing letter t, unied for united 'which holds them unied'.
Page 41, printer's error, Motitions for Motions 'all Motitions are
made'.
Page 42, sidenote, possible missing letter e, 'Se{e} what satisfaction'.
Page 43, printer's error, Subdidivisions for Subdivisions, 'other
Subdidivisions,'.
Page 49, missing letter i, dminishing for diminishing 'or dminishing
it by dividing'.
Page 50, sidenote, printer's error, missing letter l, hep for help
'float by hep of'.
Page 53, printer's error, missing letter n, beig for being 'beig
double in Gravity'.
Page 54, printer's error, missing letter l, 'sha{l}l also descend.'.
Page 55, printer's error, missing letter r, 'to fo{r}m Solid Bodies'.
Page 56, printer's error, missing letter A, 'Cone S {A} T'.
Page 57, printer's error, missing letter t, 'of which i{t} may
descend'.
Page 58, sidenote, printer's error, inverted n, 'Natatio{n} easiest
effected'.
Page 59, missing letter u, 'witho{u}t all Question,'.
Page 59, printer's error, inverted n, 'with an other Experime{n}t'.
Page 59, potential printer's error, sidenote ends with comma, 'Or
rather Contiguity,'.
Page 61, missing letter a, 'that in this c{a}se the water,'.
Page 74, printer's error, ir for it, 'but if we do saw ir,'.
Page 75, unclear symbol in original text '{&}c. making seven
Segments'.
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