Dear Ed;
And so was Galileo himself a lutenist. Or so I've heard.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Edward Martin
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:15:49 -0500
To: ,
Subject: Re: R: Manuscript of Per Brahe - Skokloster
> Yes, it was very astonishing. I find it fascinating what the
astronomers
> of the time could do - Tycho, Kepler, et al.. For those on the list
> feeling that this topic is not of interest to the lute, remember
that
> Galileo's brother Michalangelo was a lutenist, as was their father,
Vincenzo.
>
> ed martin
>
>
> At 01:03 AM 6/13/04 +0200, Francesco Tribioli wrote:
> > > Was it this Tycho that has the large crater on the moon named
> > > after him?
> >Sure, it is.
> >
> >Tycho designed many instruments and was the first to do very
accurate
> >astronomical observations. His observations of the motion of the
planets
> >were used by Kepler to formulate his famous three laws. The most
famous of
> >the three Kepler laws is the one that says that all the planets,
moons and
> >every other orbiting body has an elliptic orbit.
> >
> >Considering that the first telescope was invented by Galileo 8
years after
> >Tycho Brahe's death, it's really astonishing what he was able to do
with
> >just sextants, quadrants and other similar simple instruments.
> >
> >Francesco
>
>
>
> Edward Martin
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