Celatone galileo biography
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Galileo is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution.
Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath. Galilei was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He discovered Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Io, and Rings of Saturn. Later he died on January 8, 1642, in Arcetri, Italy.
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Galileo Galilei father wanted him to study for medicine because there was more money in medicine.
Galileo was the first of six children born to Vincenzo Galilei, a well-known musician and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati. In the early 1500's his family moved in 1574 to Florence, where thee Galileo Galilei started his formal education at the Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. Galileo Galilei had a brief relationship with a woman named Marina Gamba. He meet her on one of his many trips to Venice. Marina lived in Galileo's house in Padua where she bore him three children.
The celatone was a device invented by thee Galileo Galilei to observe Jupiter's moons and the purpose of finding longitude on Earth. It was built by the form of a piece of headgear with a telescope taking
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Galileo's escapement
(left) Original drawing from around 1637 of the pendulum clock designed by Galileo, incorporating the escapement. (right) Model of the escapement
Galileo's escapement is a design for a clock escapement, invented around 1637 by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564–1642). Galileo was one of the leading minds of the Scientific Revolution.[1] He was dubbed the founder of theoretical physics.[2] He is also credited with the invention of the celatone (a type of telescope) and the geometric and military compass.[3] Galileo's escapement was the earliest design of a pendulum clock. Since Galileo was by then blind, he described the device to his son Vincenzio, who drew a sketch of it. The son began construction of a prototype, but both he and Galileo died before it was completed.
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[edit]Galileo was the first to investigate the timekeeping properties of pendulums, beginning around 1603.[4] His interest was sparked by his discovery that, at least for small swings, the pendulum is isochronous: its period of swing is the same for different size swings. He realized that this property made the pendulum useful for timekeeping. He also discovered that the pendulum's period is dependent on its length
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