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[Transcriber's Notes
All apparent printer's errors retained. Variation in punctuation are
as in the original, but missing full stops at end of paragraphs have
been supplied. There are inconsistencies in the use of italics,
spacing of words and use of full stop after 'AXIOME', abbreviations
etc. All are retained to match text. There is a great variation in
spelling including multiple spellings of the same word, all spelling
has been retained to match text. There are several instances of
obviously missing letters or inverted n & u. These have been changed
or obvious letters replaced, with the changes surrounded by {}.
All instances are detailed at the end of the text. It should also be
noted that in the original text there is a missing line at the end of
page 24 in original text.
There are a number of instances in the original text where 'that' is
immediately followed by a second 'that' in the sentence. These could
be potential printer's errors or, since several of them make sense,
part of the author's style. They have been left in the text as they
appear in the original text.
The original text has many sidenotes, some are true sidenotes,
introductions to paragraphs etc, some acting as footnotes with some
marked in original text with *. These have been dealt with in three
ways with the footnotes placed after their relevant paragraph and
sidenotes place before their relevant paragraph.
1) Footnotes marked with capital letter. These were sidenotes in
original text marked with * in the original text and thus acting
like footnotes.
2) Footnotes marked with number. These were sidenotes in original
text that were unmarked but acting like normal footnotes. The anchor
in the text was placed at the most suitable relevant place in
comparison with the placement of the sidenote text in the margin,
but still should be considered only an approximate placement.
3) Sidenotes placed at start of the relevant paragraph. Some
sidenotes were considered not to be relevant as footnotes,
introductions to paragraphs etc, and were left as sidenotes before
their relevant paragraph.]
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A
DISCOURSE
_PRESENTED_
TO THE MOST SERENE
Don Cosimo II.
GREAT DUKE
_OF_
TUSCANY,
CONCERNING
The _NATATION_ of BODIES Vpon,
And _SUBMERSION_ In,
THE
WATER.
By GALILEUS GALILEI: Philosopher and
Mathematician unto His most Serene Highnesse.
Englished from the Second Edition of the ITALIAN,
compared with the Manuscript Copies, and reduced
into PROPOSITIONS:
By _THOMAS SALUSBURY_, Esq;
_LONDON_:
Printed by WILLIAM LEYBOURN:
_M DC LXIII._
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