Galileo's accomplishment
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 23 out 2017
Physics project 10-22-17
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Created byMaria Cruz
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Galileo is bornObserved the isochronism
of a chandelier and
invented the pendulum.Follows Archimedes' principle
of hydrostatic weighing
and created the 'bilancetta'.Invents a water pump
driven by horses.Invents the 'sector',
a military compass used for solving
mathematical problems of
proportion, trigonometry,
multiplication, and division.Experiments with the uniform theory
of acceleration and publishes
his Laws of Motion.Invents the thermoscope,
a primitive thermometer.He invented the telescope
and magnified the power
of the lens by 30.Discovers the Moon has craters on it.
He measured the heights
of the mountains based
on their shadows.Discovered the Milky Way
was made up of stars
too far away to be seen
by the naked eye.Discovered the four
satellites orbiting Jupiter.Discovered Ganymede,
the largest Moon of Jupiter
which supported the
Copernican model.Observed sunspots moving,
which led him to the
conclusion that the sun
rotates on its own axis.Wrote his theory on tides.Galileo's Dialogue Concerning
the Two Chief World Systems
is published.Galileo's Two Sciences
is published in Holland,
and is now called the
kinematics and strength
of materials.Galileo dies
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