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Detail of pictorial decoration depicting the Electric Bells, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Detail of pictorial decoration depicting the Electric Bells, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

© Institute and Museum of the History of Science / Franca Principe

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Main entrance to the Riccardiana Library, Florence.

Coat of arms on the façade of the Ricciardiana Library, Florence.

Facade of the Museum of San Marco, Florence.

Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze.

The tower of Palazzo Vecchio seen from the Loggiato degli Uffizi, Florence.

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Engraving representing Piazza della Signoria, F. Fontani, "Viaggio pittorico della Toscana", Florence, for V. Batelli, 1827 (3rd ed.).

Facade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Equinoctial armilla built by Egnazio Danti, on the facade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Drawing of Egnazio Danti's equinoctial armilla on the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, in E. Danti, "Uso et fabbrica dell'astrolabio et del planisferio", Florence, 1578, vol. 1, p. 317.

Current state (December 2004) of the base of the astronomical quadrant built by Egnazio Danti, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Drawing of Egnazio Danti's astronomical quadrant on the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, in E. Danti, "Uso et fabbrica dell'astrolabio et del planisferio", Florence, 1578, vol. 1, p. 282.

Detail of pictorial decoration depicting a battery of Leyden jars, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Putto holding a perspective instrument, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Detail of the ceiling of the Stanzino delle Matematiche depicting the allegory of mathematics, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Detail of pictorial decoration depicting the Electric Bells, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Frescoed allegorical scene depicting a sphinx and a little putto grasping surveying instruments, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Statue of Galileo Galilei, the Uffizi Loggia, Florence.

Base of the statue of Galileo Galilei, Loggiato degli Uffizi, Florence.

Proportional compass by Galileo Galilei, 1606 ca., Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2430), Florence.

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Main entrance to the Riccardiana Library, Florence.

Coat of arms on the façade of the Ricciardiana Library, Florence.

Facade of the Museum of San Marco, Florence.

Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze.

The tower of Palazzo Vecchio seen from the Loggiato degli Uffizi, Florence.

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Engraving representing Piazza della Signoria, F. Fontani, "Viaggio pittorico della Toscana", Florence, for V. Batelli, 1827 (3rd ed.).

Facade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Equinoctial armilla built by Egnazio Danti, on the facade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Drawing of Egnazio Danti's equinoctial armilla on the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, in E. Danti, "Uso et fabbrica dell'astrolabio et del planisferio", Florence, 1578, vol. 1, p. 317.

Current state (December 2004) of the base of the astronomical quadrant built by Egnazio Danti, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Drawing of Egnazio Danti's astronomical quadrant on the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, in E. Danti, "Uso et fabbrica dell'astrolabio et del planisferio", Florence, 1578, vol. 1, p. 282.

Detail of pictorial decoration depicting a battery of Leyden jars, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Putto holding a perspective instrument, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Detail of the ceiling of the Stanzino delle Matematiche depicting the allegory of mathematics, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Detail of pictorial decoration depicting the Electric Bells, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Frescoed allegorical scene depicting a sphinx and a little putto grasping surveying instruments, Stanzino delle Matematiche, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Statue of Galileo Galilei, the Uffizi Loggia, Florence.

Base of the statue of Galileo Galilei, Loggiato degli Uffizi, Florence.

Proportional compass by Galileo Galilei, 1606 ca., Medici Collections, Institute and Museum of the History of Science (inv. 2430), Florence.