Discourse on Floating Bodies
Galileo publishes a discourse defending Archimedean hydrostatics against Aristotelian explanations of why bodies float or sink.
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1612 in Italy
Explore 3 historical events and records for Italy in 1612.
Historical records for Italy in 1612
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Discovery of Neptune
Galileo also observed the planet Neptune in 1612, but did not realize that it was a planet
Sunspots
Previous sunspot observations had been misinterpreted as planetary transits, until Galileo gave the correct explanation in 1612
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