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OCR: 1564 On Fcbruary 15 Galilco is born it Pisa what is now Italy He is educated amona stery 1581 Studies medicine at the University of Pisa At the same time, he has private tuition in mathematics. He writes paper on the ol gravity of solids 1583 In the cathedral ar Pisahe watches the lamps swinging from the roof He notices that the time kes for one complere movemen back and forth remains constant no matter how big the swing 1586 Invents hydrostatic balance device to measure the relative den sity ofsolids 1587 Starts to travel to other Italian states giving lertores in Floreno and Siena. 1589 Becomes lecturer in mathematics atthe University ofPisa at age 25 1592 Muves w the University of Padua a professor of mathematics Devclops water pump air thermoscupe a thermometer and calculating device 1 ...