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View of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

View of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

© Institute and Museum of the History of Science / Carlo Triarico

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Quadrant, Thobias Volckmer, 1608, Braunschweig, Medici Collections (Mattias de' Medici nucleus), Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2465, 1495), Florence.

Horary quadrant, Christoph Schissler, 1599, Augsburg, Medici Collections (Mattias de' Medici nucleus), Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 155), Florence.

Objective lens by Galileo, lens: late 1609 - early 1610, frame: 1677, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2429), Florence.

Jovilabe, second half XVII cent., Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 3178), Florence.

Armillary sphere, Antonio Santucci, 1588-1593, Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 714), Florence.

Galilean telescope, Galileo Galilei, 1610-1630, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2428), Florence.

Newtonian telescope, Leto Guidi, XVIII cent., Lorraine Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2707), Florence.

Astrolabe, XIII cent., probable French construction, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 1107), Florence.

Polyhedral dial, Stefano Buonsignori, XVI cent., Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2459), Florence.

Cylinder dial, late XVI cent., Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2457), Florence.

Engraving depicting the former Astronomical Observatory of Pisa, F. Fontani, "Viaggio pittorico della Toscana", Firenze, per V. Batelli, 1827 (3 ed.).

Facade of the Domus Galilaeana, Pisa.

Terrace-garden with the meteorological hut of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

View from above of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

View of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

Meridian line traced by Leonardo Ximenes, Ximenes Room, Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

Turret of "La Specola", Florence Museum of Natural History - Zoology Section ("La Specola").

Drawing of "La Specola" Astronomical Observatory under construction, with funerary inscription of Jean Louis Pons

Former Marlia Observatory, Capannori.

Former Marlia Observatory, Capannori.

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Quadrant, Thobias Volckmer, 1608, Braunschweig, Medici Collections (Mattias de' Medici nucleus), Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2465, 1495), Florence.

Horary quadrant, Christoph Schissler, 1599, Augsburg, Medici Collections (Mattias de' Medici nucleus), Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 155), Florence.

Objective lens by Galileo, lens: late 1609 - early 1610, frame: 1677, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2429), Florence.

Jovilabe, second half XVII cent., Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 3178), Florence.

Armillary sphere, Antonio Santucci, 1588-1593, Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 714), Florence.

Galilean telescope, Galileo Galilei, 1610-1630, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2428), Florence.

Newtonian telescope, Leto Guidi, XVIII cent., Lorraine Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2707), Florence.

Astrolabe, XIII cent., probable French construction, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 1107), Florence.

Polyhedral dial, Stefano Buonsignori, XVI cent., Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2459), Florence.

Cylinder dial, late XVI cent., Florence, Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2457), Florence.

Engraving depicting the former Astronomical Observatory of Pisa, F. Fontani, "Viaggio pittorico della Toscana", Firenze, per V. Batelli, 1827 (3 ed.).

Facade of the Domus Galilaeana, Pisa.

Terrace-garden with the meteorological hut of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

View from above of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

View of the Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

Meridian line traced by Leonardo Ximenes, Ximenes Room, Ximenes Observatory, Florence.

Turret of "La Specola", Florence Museum of Natural History - Zoology Section ("La Specola").

Drawing of "La Specola" Astronomical Observatory under construction, with funerary inscription of Jean Louis Pons

Former Marlia Observatory, Capannori.

Former Marlia Observatory, Capannori.