[585] Op. vii. pp. 361-363.
[586] Page 419.
[587] This is precisely the same argument, only in other words, brought forward by Simplicius at the end of the “Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems.” (Comp. p. 160.)
[588] This passage calls the passage in “Il Saggiatore” to mind, where Galileo speaks of Copernicus, Ptolemy, and Tycho.
[589] See “Allgemeine Weltgeschichte,” by Cesare Cantu. Freely rendered for Catholic Germany, from the 7th edition, by Dr. J. A. M. Brühl, p. 540.
[590] Comp. Renieri’s letter to Galileo of 6th March, 1641. (Op. x. pp. 408, 409.)
[591] See his letter of 20th August, 1659, to Prince Leopold de’ Medici. (Op. xiv. pp. 339-356.)
[592] Seven years after Galileo’s death, Vincenzo was occupied in constructing the first pendulum clock after these drawings and models, when he suddenly fell ill and died. For all this see Albèri’s excellent essay: “Dell’orologio a pendolo di Galileo Galilei e di due recenti divinazioni del meccanismo da lui imaginato.” (Op. Suppl. pp. 333-358; Nelli, vol. ii. pp. 688-738.)
[593] Comp. Torricelli’s letters to Galileo of 15th March, 27th April, 1st and 29th June, 17th August, and 28th September, 1641. (Op. x. pp. 412, 413, 417, 418, 420, 421, 423-426, 432, 433.) Also Galileo’s letter to Torricelli of 27th September, 1641. (Op. vii. pp. 365-367.)
[594] See Rinuccini’s letter to Prince Leopold de’ Medici, 15th November, 1641. (Op. x. 436, 437.)