There was a taught expirement, that Galileo never made. The experiment included
two balls out of the same material, but different weight. His theory stated taht heavier
items fall faster then lighter. As stated before, there was no record of Galileo doing this expirement.
In 1624 Galileo perfected a compoumd
microscope. He sent one to Cardinal
Zollern in May of that year for
presentation to the Duke of Bavaria,
and another one to Prince Cesi.
Microscope came from the Greek
words μικρόν (micron) meaning
"small", and σκοπεῖν (skopein)
meaning "to look at".
Galileo Galilei
Statue outside the Uffizi, Florence
In 1593 Galileo constructed a thermometer
using the expansion and contraction of air
in a bulb to move water in an attached tube.
Galileo was known as an Italian physicist,
mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
He played a big role in scientific revolution.
Some of his biggest achievments where improvement on the telescope, astronomical observations and the support of Copernicanism.
In 1609, along with Englishman Thomas Harriot
and others, Galileo was the first to use a refracting
telescope as an instrument to observe stars, planets
and moons. The name telescope came from the Greek words tele = 'far' and skopein = 'to look or see'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo
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- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileo_Thermometer.jpg
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- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileo_Thermometer.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileo_Thermometer_closeup.jpg
- http://www.starastronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/galileotelescope.jpg
- http://lensonleeuwenhoek.net/images/microscopes/galileo.jpg
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