Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: January 2000
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780810100961
First sentence: SALV. The constant activity which you Venetians display in your famous arsenal suggests to the studious mind a large field for investigation, especially that part of the work which involves mechanics; for in this department all types of instruments and machines are constantly being constructed by many artisans, among whom there must be some who, partly by inherited experience and partly by their own observations, have become highly expert and clever in explanation.