THE SIDEREAL MESSENGER

OF

GALILEO GALILEI

AND A PART OF THE PREFACE TO KEPLER’S DIOPTRICS

CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF GALILEO’S ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES.

A Translation with Introduction and Notes

BY

EDWARD STAFFORD CARLOS, M.A.

HEAD MATHEMATICAL MASTER IN CHRIST’S HOSPITAL.

RIVINGTONS WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON Oxford and Cambridge MDCCCLXXX