Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-03
GALILE0 GALILEI.
A New Biography of the Great
Italian Mathematician.
Some Heretofore Unpublished Facts:About
the Queer Ola Savant-His Remarka-
BILE Inventions, Discoveries and
Literary Productions.
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Gaiilei, commonly called Galileo, was
born at Pisa on the 14th day of February,
1854. He was a man who discovered some
of the fundamental prin ciples underlying
the movements, habits and personal pecu-
liarities Of the earth. He discovered
things with marvellous 1uency. Born, as
he was, at a time when the rotary motion
Of the earth was still in its infancy and
esronomy taught only in crude way,
Calico started in to make few discoveries
and advance some theories of which he
was very fond.
He was the son of musician and Learned
to play on several instruments himself, but
not in such a way as to arouse the jeal-
ousy of the great musicians of his day.
They came and heard him play few
selections and then they went home con-
tented with their own music. Galileo
played for several years in the Land at Pisa,
and pc pie who heard him said that
his manner of gazing out over the Pisan
hills with far-away look in his eye after
playing q selection, while he gently up
ended his alto horn and worked the mud
valve as he poured out about a pint of
moist melody that had accumulated in the
hues Of the instrument, was simply grand.
At the age of twenty Galileo began to
discover. His first discoveries were, of
course, clumsy and poorly made, but very
soon he began to turn out neat and dur
able discovery that would stand for years.
1t was at this time Galileo noticed the
swinging IF lamp in a church, and, OBJ
serving that the oscillations were of equal
duration, he inferred that this principle
might be utilized in the exact measure
ment OF time. From this little accident,
years after, came the clock, one Of the
most useful Of mans dumb friends. And
yet there are people who will read this
little incident and still hesitate about
going to church.
Galileo also invented the thermome eter.
the microscope, and the proportional com.
pass. He seemed to invent thin IS, not
for the money to be obtained in that way,
on the ground. He was a man of
Infinite genius and perseverance. He
was also very fair in his treatment
of other inventors. Though he did not
personally invent the rotary motion of the
earth, he heartily indorsed it and said it
was good thing. He also came out in a
card in which he said that he believed It
to be good thing, and that he hoped
some day to see it applied to the other
planets.
BY telescope investigation Calico dis
covered the presence of microbes in the
moon, but was unable to do any thing for
it. 1 have spoken of Mr. Galileo all
the way through this article in
formally, calling him by his first nams,
but i feel so thoroughly acquainted
with him, though there was such a strik-
ing difference in our ages, that 1 an al
most justified i'm nsing his eieeh name
while talking of him.
Galileo also sat up nights and visited
with Venus through long telescope which
he had made himself from an old bamboo
fishinS-rod.
But astronomy Is a very enervating
branch of science. Calico frequently
came down to breakfast with red, heavy
eyes--eyes that were swollen full of un-
shed tears. Still he persevered. Day after
day he worked and toled. Year after
year he went on with his task till he had
worked out in his own mind the satellites
OF Jupiter and placed a small tin tag on
each one, so that he would know IL readily
look up Saturn's rings and investigate the
freckles on the sun. He did not stop at
trifies, but went bravely on till everybody
came for miles to look at him and get him
to write something funny in their albums.
1t was not an unusual thing for Calico to
get up in the morning, after wearisome
night With fretful, now born star, to find
his front yard full of autograph albums.
Some OF them were little red al
buns with floral decorations on them.
while others were the lar -e plush and
alligator albums of the afIluent Some were
new and had the price mark still on them,
while others were old, foundered albums.
with droop in the back AMI little flecks
Of egg and gravy on the title-page. All
came with request for Calico "to write
little, witty, characteristic sentiment i'm
them"
Gaiileo was the author of the hydro-
static paradox and other sketches. He
was a great reader and fluent pc erman.
One time he was absent from home, lectur.
ing in Venice for the benefit of the United
Aggregation of Mutual Admirers, AMI did
not return for two " eeks, so that when he
got back he found the front room full of
autograph albums. 1t is said that he here
demonstrated his great fiuency and readi-
ness as a thinker and writer. He waded
through the entire lot in two days, with
only two men from West Pisa to assist him.
Calico came out of it fresh AMI youthful,
and the following night he was closeted
all night with another inventor, a wicker.
covered microscope, and a bologna sau-
sage. The investigation was carried on
for two weeks, after which Galileo went
out to the inebriate asy lum and discovered
some new styles of reptiles.
He also discovered the isochronism of
the pendulum. He saw that the pendulum
at certain seasons of the year looked vel
low under the eyes, and that it dropped
and did not enter into its work with the
old zest. He began to study the case with
the aid of his new bamboo telescope and
wicker-covered microscope. AS a result,
in ten days be had the pendulum on its
feet again.
Galileo received but sixty scuGi per year
for his salary at Pisa, and part Of that
he took in town orders, worth only sixty
cents on the scudi.
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