19 November 1602Law of ChordsGalileo Galilei
In the same letter, Galileo formulates the law of chords concerning descent times along chords of a vertical circle.
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In the same letter, Galileo formulates the law of chords concerning descent times along chords of a vertical circle.
Galileo writes to Guidobaldo del Monte describing his principle that pendulums of equal length have approximately equal periods.
Fails to capture Geneva
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