Graphic decription of Venus phases
Galileo Galilei
Graphic decription of Venus phases (in Il saggiatore, In Roma, appresso Giacomo Mascardi, 1623)
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Library, Florence, Rari 153
One of the engravings presented in Galileo's Saggiatore shows the planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus (with its various phases), as they appeared to Galileo through the telescope.
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Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence
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| Id: | galileo_12 |
| Size: | 2564 x 1960 px |
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| Type: | • Historical Images |
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