[2] M. Folard.
[3] The chief exception that occurs to this general remark, is the rapid progress which in that age Copernicus made in astronomy; who was not indeed an Italian, but was supposed to have profited by his early travels into Italy, which he enlightened afterwards by his admirable discoveries.
[4] See Montucla, Hist. des Mathem. vol. I. p. 623.
[5] Those were La Nuova Scientia, and Quesiti ed Inventioni diverse.
[6] Published at London, A. 1588.
[7] He was born in the year 1564; but few if any of his works were published till after the year 1600, and his dialogues on motion not before 1638.
[8] See his 4th Dialogue on Motion.
[9] See Hist. de l’Academ. Roy. des Sciences, A. 1707.
[10] In the year 1683, see Hist. de l’Acad. R. des Sci. A. 1707.
[11] Hist. de l’Acad. R. des Sc. A. 1707, under the article Mechanique.