Overview Level of Folio 55 r


SizeHeight 198 mm, width 135 mm.
WatermarkPilgrim. Drake's identification: Watermark type 21a. Drake's description: Pilgrim in 40mm circle, crown above. Watermark found in 1622-31. Found in manuscripts 1626-30 (notes for Dialogue).
CommentsWritten by Galileo; contains text, drawings, table, calculation. Relation to the Discorsi: elaboration of 2/37-pr-15.
Folio 55 r (final text)
1Quaeritur in ac pars aequalis ab, quae conficiatur tempore aequali tempori per ab. Ponatur ad aequalis ab, et circa ac semicirculus describatur, et ponatur af aequalis dimidiae dc, et ab f demittatur perpendicularis fe, et eg ponatur aequalis ab: dico, eg ex quiete in a confici eodem tempore ac ab, med[i]a proportionalis inter ca, ag.
C01(40 * 40) : 140
40 * 40 = 1600
1600 : 140 = 11 3/7
C0260 + 11 1/2 = 71 1/2
C0360 * 41 2/3 = 2500
C042460 + 40 = 2500
sqrt 2500 = 50
C05(20 * 20) : 60
20 * 20 = 400
400 : 60 = 6 2/3
60 * 46 2/3 = 2760 + 40 = 2800
sqrt 2800 = 52 [53?]
C0625 * 25 = 625
C07100 * 56 1/4 = 5600 + 25 = 5625
sqrt 5625 = 75
C08140 * 71 1/2 = 140 + 9800 + 70 = 10010
sqrt 10010 = 100
C09(28 1/2 * 28 1/2) : 100
C10784 + 18 = 802
C11ac 16
cd 5
C12
ac 60 100 140
ad 40 50 60?
ci
id
af
10 25 40
1 2/3 ae
dg
67? 2/3 6 1/4 11 3/7
ga 46 2/3 56 1/4
ai 52 1/2 75
ci 7 1/2


Overview Level of Folio 55 r