The thermometer was somewhat different and a more serious affair, in that it set the tone for much of the subsequent relations between the two. In this case, Galileo seemed to have claimed the priority of the invention immediately, if privately, to Sagredo.
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A clue as to what Santorio actually means by secreti and why he is being very careful about not revealing too much to Galileo comes from the telescope affair, as reported by Giovanni Bartoli, in a letter to Belisario Vinta (29 August 1609) in Galileo, Opere, vol. X, 255. Around that period, the telescope was brought to Venice by a French man who was keen to sell it to the Senate, but at prohibitive cost. Although the offer was eventually declined, Sarpi had a chance to look at the instrument and to speak about it with Galileo, who, aided by some other recollections and by having seen a similar instrument before, was able to provide a new copy of the same instrument. 2ff7e9595c
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