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busts are those of Benedetto Castelli and Bonavcntura Cavalieri, disciples of 

 Galileo. The shelf contains the two telescopes of Galileo, and the broken 

 object glass. 



3. The right side of the further end of the tribune. The lunette represents 

 Galileo blind, dictating to his disciples Torricelli and Viviani the geometrical 

 demonstration of the law on the fall of heavy bodies. The busts are those of 

 Evangelista Tomcelli and Vincenzo Viviani. The shelf contains the natural 

 magnet armed by Galileo, his compass of proportion, the design of the first 

 application conceived by him of the pendulum to clocks, and the first finger 

 of his hand. 



4. Left side of the middle part of the tribune. The lunette represents 

 Galileo who, helped by his disciples, repeats the famous experiments on the 

 fall of heavy bodies on an inclined plane. The shelves contain various 

 ancient instruments, partly of the Accademia del Cimento. 



5. Right side of the middle part of the tribune. The lunette represents a 

 seance of the Accademia del Cimerito in which the experiment is being made to 

 prove whether the cold of ice can be reflected by a mirror, like the heat of 

 burning coals and light. The shelves contain ancient instruments, partly of 

 the Accademia del Cimento. 



6 and 7. Represent two shelves with ancient instruments, partly belonging 

 to the Accademia del Cimento. 



Drawing made by William Temple of the Nebula of 

 Orion, observed by him in the first months of the present year, 

 by means of the great refractor of Amici. 



