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English
THE OPERATIONS
OF THE GEOMETRIC
AND MILITARY
COMPASS.
BY
GALILEO GALILEI
NOBLE FLORENTINE
Reader of Mathematics at the University
of Padua.
THIRD EDITION.
A woodcut printer's mark depicts a helmeted figure in classical armor standing next to an olive tree. A scroll is wrapped around the tree and its base, bearing the words "PACIS OPVS" The Work of Peace. The figure holds an aegis shield featuring the head of Medusa.
IN PADUA, 1649.
By Paolo Frambotto. With Permission of the Superiors.
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