The final story is the bell chamber itself, which has 16 arches | In the 1920s the foundations of the tower were injected with cement grouting that has stabilized the tower to some extent |
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Rachel Hilliam gives 1591 Galileo Galilei: Father of Modern Science, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2005, p |
Till today, the name of the architect is a mystery.
10Flanking one side of the piazza, the camposanto, or cemetery, is a gracefully elongated cloister enclosing a burial ground with earth reputedly brought back during the Crusades from Golgotha, the hill where Jesus was crucified, so that noble Pisans could rest in holy ground | 1717 , Racconto istorico della vita di Galileo Galilei, p |
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The construction of Tower of Pisa began in August 1173 and continued for about 200 years due to the onset of a series of wars | With 207 columns ranged around eight stories, Tower of Pisa looks like a massive wedding cake knocked precariously askew by a clumsy giant guest |
Galileo showed this [all bodies, whatever their weights, fall with equal speeds] by repeated experiments made from the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the presence of other professors and all the students.
4It is located in the Italian town of , one of the most visited European cities | Leaning Tower of Pisa The bottom story consists of 15 marble arches |
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Until recent years tourists were not allowed to climb the staircase inside the tower, due to consolidation work |
S'ghelijcx bevint hem daetlick oock also, met twee evegroote lichamen in thienvoudighe reden der swaerheyt, daerom Aristoteles voornomde everedenheyt is onrecht.
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