The sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei and a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics containing the original account of Galileo's astronomical discoveries (1880)
out this argumentwas as follows :— Illustrissimo e Eeverendissimo Signore mio colen-dissimo. E tempo che io deciferi a Vostra Signoria Illustris-sima e Keverendissima e per lei al Sig. Keplero lelettere trasposte le quali alcune settimane sono leinviai; e tempo dico, giacche sono interamente… … .E the Earth (centre of universe). S the Sun. C centre of eccentric. D centre ofolanets epicycle ~VV~stationary points, s V v projections of.SVV on the ecliptic of whichJ? is the centre. Fig.2
Astronomy
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