Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Authors -- Biography; Scientists -- Biography
(14th of February.) He arrives at Rome 45
Is visited by Cardinal Barberini; his Kindness to him 46
Trial of Galileo 47
(22d of June.) His Sentence 48
His Abjuration 49
What Excuse is there for his Humiliation and Abjuration? 50
Imprisonment of Galileo 52
He leaves Rome 52
He returns to Arcetri 52
Death of his Daughter 53
His Indisposition and Melancholy 53
1638. He obtains Permission of the Pope to return to Florence 53
Continued Kindness of the Grand Duke of Tuscany for him 54
His "Dialogues on Local Motion" 54
Discovery of the Moon's Libration 55
1637. Blindness of Galileo 56
He is visited by a Number of Strangers 58
1642. (8th of January.) His Death 58
His Epitaph and Monument 95
His House 60
His domestic Character 60
His Person 60
His scientific Character 61
GUICCIARDINI.
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