Galileo, illustration from Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche (Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations concerning the Two New Sciences of Mechanics and Local Motions), Leiden, 1638
1638
- Title
- Galileo, illustration from Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche (Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations concerning the Two New Sciences of Mechanics and Local Motions), Leiden, 1638
- Collection
- Caltech Images Collection
- Series
- Rare Book Photographs
- Identifier
- RB-GG1638-2
- Dates
- 1638
- Extents
- 1 photographs (negative)
- Abstract
- The illustration is from the second day of Galileo’s Discourses, and shows that the resistance of a solid body to breaking is dependent upon its length and thickness.