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THE OPERATIONS

OF THE GEOMETRIC

AND MILITARY

COMPASS.

BY

GALILEO GALILEI

NOBLE FLORENTINE

Reader of Mathematics at the University

of Padua.

Third Edition.

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IN PADUA, 1649.

By Paolo Frambotto. With Permission of the Superiors.