 Oh, my dear Kepler," says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy, whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested to look at the moon and planets through my glass, which...  The Practical Astronomer - Page 178by Thomas Dick - 1845 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...evinced on their discovery was truly ludicrous. " O, my dear Kepler," says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together! Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? what shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly! and to hear the... | |
 | John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune - Astronomers - 1832 - 314 pages
...their incredulity was sufficiently ludicrous. " Oh, my dear Kepler," says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here? what shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly! and to hear the... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...their incredulity was sufficiently ludicrous. " Oh, my dear Kepler," * says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? what shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly ! and to hear... | |
 | American literature - 1833 - 208 pages
...Stagirite above the evidence of their" own senses. " Oh, my dear Kepler," writes Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here? What shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly ! and to hear the... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...incredulity was sufficiently ludicrous. " Oh, my dear Kepler," • says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? what shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly 1 and to hear... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...their incredulity was sufficiently ludicrous. " Oh, my dear Kepler"," * says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...requested to look at the moon and planets through my slass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? what shouts of laughter we should... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Anecdotes - 1837 - 360 pages
...WHO WILL NOT SEE TILL THE LAST MOMENT. ' Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philo' sophy, whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested ' to look at the moon and planets, which he pertina' ciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? What ' shouts of laughter we should... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...following lines written by Galileo to Kepler, which are not the worse for having been oft quoted : — " Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy,...requested to look at the moon and planets through my glasses, which he pertinaciously refuses todo." We would now proceed to illustrate the general subject... | |
 | Church history - 1839 - 868 pages
...truth's own heart, — John Kepler : " Oh my beloved Kepler, how I wish that we could have one long laugh together ! Here at Padua is the principal professor...requested to look at the Moon and planets through my telescope, which he pertinaciously refuses to do ! Why, my dear Kepler, are you not here ? What shouts... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...with respect to the discoveries of Galileo. " Oh, my dear Kepler," says Galileo, " how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at...through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? What shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly, and to hear the... | |
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