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Sketches of the moon from Galileo’s “Sidereus Nuncius,”
“The Latin word nuncius was typically used during this time period to denote messenger; however, it was also (though less frequently) rendered as message. Though the title Sidereus Nuncius is usually translated into English as Sidereal Messenger, many of Galileo’s early drafts of the book and later related writings indicate that the intended purpose of the book was “simply to report the news about recent developments in astronomy, not to pass himself off solemnly as an ambassador from heaven.”Therefore, the correct English translation of the title is Sidereal Message (or often, Starry Message).”
Look Who’s Hiding In The Grass
on Leonardo
“He frequently wrote on loose sheets of paper that he kept barely organized; he made his own “notebooks” by folding the sheets and wrapping them in fabric. But when he turned thirty he also began writing in leather-bound journals. And he carried small bound notebooks with him at all times. He kept these tiny 3.5X2.5 notebooks tied to his belt, always at the ready for his thoughts, observations, drawings, and ideas.”
England in the summertime.
Table of Physiological Colors Both Mixt and Simple by Richard Waller, 1686
![Richard Waller Tabula colorum physiologica … [Table of physiological colors] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1686](https://library.si.edu/sites/default/files/39088018207936-1000.jpg)
“This table is one of the earliest known color charts. Waller created it as a tool for describing plants and animals. Collectors and scientists could compare their specimens to this table and use the names provided to identify the colors of leaves, bark, flowers, feathers, plants, and animals.”
Cinematograph in Progress
Drizzle Tree
Somewhere near Clovelly.
Interesting times dog walking on Weston beach.
Paul Greer 