Storia della astronomia dalla sua origine fino all'anno MDCCCXIII

465 Pages·1997·7.14 MB·Italian

by  Giacomo Leopardi, Armando Massarenti (editor), Laura Zampieri (editor)

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GIACOMLOE OP I
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STORIAD ELLAA STRONOMIA
DALLA SUA ORIGINE
FINO ALL'ANNO MDCCCXIII
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LEOPAREDlA IL EGGEREDZEZALL ES CIENZE
dAirm anMckas sraenti
«Nemlilpaaa tdroivase a pevcahn'eoir doae diatgsolt iu cdrie,d evano
ch'piooss edtuetsstliele ingemu 'ien,t erroignadviaffneor esnot­emente
prqau aludniesqse u. Mei s timapvoaenrtoea t,t ofirsiimccaoot,,e matico,
polimteidciotc,eo o,l eocig.no s omemnac iclopeEdn iocpnie srsciimòo .
mic redeuvnaganr oac no[ s. a]...(» Z ibaUme1,3 -o1t4t o1b8r2e0 )1
«ipli cùe rmtood doic elaagraleli ti cr oin fidnepilr opsraipoeè r e,
din otnr apas(sPaernsliLXieXXVI.ri)»,2
«Daclctahe ér erbabd ee guloim iinclii ,ee lbobd ee galmim iratori.
La mmiraczoinognieau lnnlteaac escsaigtiiàop nròo grdeeslsli' Astro­
nomiUat.i ledi itlàes totnlooec aupsrei nccihpea lmiu olv'ounoom o
ado pera(rSet.od»rie al l'astr1o8n1o31m-5i)a3,
«Ec hpio trecbhbiea muannr uel llmaa i raceos ltouspaeo npdear a
delnlaat uerl a',i mmeegnusaal mcehnaetr et ificimoascicshseii nmaa
moldee mio ndbie,n cahn éop ie vre reidt àsi ons tanza nulla serva?»
(Ziba!doInOl eu,g 1l8i2o3 ).
Èc otno clceog gerqiusasisimimp oe,r cecthtieiLl be iolpeag,ri doi­
vanisdseilSmlotra oi dae lls'atronionmtiraoud nuodc iqe u ecio n­
cetcturiie stseermàpf reed e<l<eN1.e6 l5m 6o riìne tdài9 6a nni
TommasFoi nDcakn e[.s ].eL.. an atunroand istrcuhgpege er,
creaenr oecn,r ecahp,ee dri struTgoggleirelenva.di oatF ai nlcak ,
dieaddHe a elylu,n doe pii iùn siiglnliu sdterlaSltcaoi redine zgal i
astri.>>4
DiF incchkae,,n nodtial igenLteeompean<rt<dedi ei,ge alldliea
lucmoel otpee ert er,la e aHlortorsegrc apohpisoavi,de e i nvenienck
struemls lai Tabumlau tplliicateidtovi niiss -iDoenc ios;n stitu­
tu; -
tipohnieloph siomaaet hemeattcèi.d >ci>affi,ecc5i,h l qeeu alcougn­o
gis rii coDriHd ail.li enyv teuctest aina nlom ecnhoie sl u noo me
apparteis eenmepa-rpep artaeu rnrcaào -mecthame,o lti ricor­
deradnian vove irs ntelol9 8l6',u lvtoilcmthaaèe p asspaeitrn a o ­
stcriie li.
C'è
un'invoilroonintnqia uare iscatr oed aerlenl aat uqruaa lcosa
diq ualitativamdeicn itcòeh aevm eidvgials itorruuenst etgon;o
lieivnec,o nsaepp eevqrou leesa,tn ocp oirsù i gnifidciaq tuievl o,
,,finaldieslnmlaoat> ue>dr eal slraou rmiaan daiq, u eslun oa turale
"opevrearriseblo e nech"ve,e rrreàc isanmeegnadtraeLol e opardi
maturo.
Maq uedli sinvolrdoa F pianascdsHk aa gglilèu oet yip leierl lu­
striamlro edi onc uliSa troideall 'arsotnoèc moinace ecp oimtpao sta.
Ci ddeiaL eopaerr<da<i fd ainr oesn o ulnoSa r omraiu an Bai bliote­
cae»a,;l sltoe tsesmop «on,os no lunoBa i blimoatu encSaat oria»,
ciuonèna a rraczoinocnaet meanc aotlealr ,ea t tedrepairr oigar,e ssi
dell'astLar socnaonmsidiaeco.ian6 pe i orbobleida ides scieg dein ze
carancerroneo lIop griicqmoui.a tcrhrceoo ,s tituliap srciomnao
stesura,n eu1ll 81ra1 ilmlad'tiea t tàra endnsiioc,nid o e dicati ri­
spettivaalmle'natsetd raolonlroeim gaiTi aaln eitd aeT ,al eatT eol o­
meod,aT olomaeC oo perndiaCc oop,e r<n<iscaiolcn looam edteal ­
la'n n1o8 1»1 u,n e vencthaoev emvoal crool plisatu ioam magina­
ziosnoep,r atpetrlu rete taoz dieovlno il cghohe,a p audrica i còh e
nocno nossecgeu;ao lncocu noen sidesru<ai<z piroonfgiar tetsis id al­
l'astrounnosame irdaiig»e i, u nutnee l,e ncoo pdederilce lu seièi
fatutsoeoi , n finuen<,a< Dissesrotplar'zaoi roien gepii r nipemr,io ­
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gredseslil 'astronomia».
Oraèv, e rcoo-mseii n tudiaqs uceess ttrau tcthuiercl ara -a ne­
rep rincriepsqatulaee dl ilu oni mmenesi opl,i p ùo sseisbaiulset i­
vor,e perbtioor-iboi bliinco ugiirtl ar fiecdoi,ecg ein<àn< ee nciclo­
pediciLsesoipmahora»md oid doi s foggicaoernne t usitausnmao
lsau sat ermeirnuadtiazC ioosmnìoe,l. sr poe snsetole, si ct ool lega­
menstoin doe ttpaitcùih d,ea cio ntednaultclira,o nolodo agli­a,
l'esidgioe rndziapn eagrrr eu pgploiil tdruee mriilfae rbiim­enti
bliografici.
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chfeup ubblpiocsattnuaem 1la8 80da H allset,as tpèae ssosnoo ­
valudtaalctlraai tailscltaoe, ms osdodo e lDlies sieofirnlotisa zofiche,
scrpirtotpenr eilol 'daenlcnlooam etianc, uu8in L eopaurnddii ­
censnsieo ffesrumt au tgtlii adsepl<el<teFt iiss ciice-hndezi ce u»i
l'astrsoancrohàmi iaam« alptaia nù o bi-l:em »ot9ao n,r azione,
graveisttàe,ne su irotdnoece io ripdir,o dinealmaiscdtaeifl,icu iit­à
di<,< elettbriioclio<sg<miioas»,t, o ria snaiag tguiruanllgeeo »n,o cui
disrsteaz,i,ofinlio sofimcohrea»ell eams eutlalfiaSs iit craad.ti t a
eserzciioctnhaise e vrinvoas opraati tmupatarorne o:ns tucpei s
quicnhdneio sni asntoap treec soeln ca o nsaizdiecorhnieen vece,
adu na apniaùl iasmtiot setnrtdaaimn, eo r itare.
Alterttavnetrioona ftètc ihq eu epsertococ isois tniemrpeeslrse e
scizeeèp n ratietn egtreea,c n enltirsasdiiqm uae,l lv'oorelna en gi­
gendcaarpiaadc iai ptepàndr erdeeL le odpiaa,rt vterralsqao u ale,
tria1l 0 88ei 1l1 8,6t rida i eedc iic ainontotile',tc rhceo glr eeci ol
latfimanioal,ri iczozlnò' aeibc(roi maptaaortr taveirllsa ot ien o)
colnpe r incliigpnumaeol die rdniev,o rianpn odcoah ninu inpa a r­
tec onsidsict iecònh tleue' m aniatvàe pvrao dnoetclto ord simo i l­
lennsiu.io tn Ierlep selsrsee c nizeeer par oonfdaoml enqou aon t
quefilllool oo lgeei tcatreierpo r,o pdrati aoil tnee rdeesrseii v ano
temliu piaic ùra ic,o mfiel oos oef cpoome,met o aldteqii u asloi­
nog ipàr eensnteil Dlises eirnoetin a ezlSltraoide all s'atronSoom­ia.
loc hree stuanpn oo' onsadtsiipcs,e rnsemila rdee lilnoefr mzaioni
sotriecb hieib olgfircahe.
Le ferccpeia ùc umidneasltu peoe nosl,isae u rsat ecspasaac ­ità
gisàivu lppati-dsiss iitnmeaticzozavnrle eo àc ipetr eicoinlsieed ee
alt,ar gguiniugenddoepvlri or pi,ro iiscahdnoipe rdpearrdete lelo ­
rov igodreell,l ooacer h airezszena o,lns e ei s tdraacleo nteersut­o
diticshsleise mo om mgeer.
Cosaic candemeli ocermspeidoac usiim aop atridtoiv,,te ra
FicnkH ael yl,ue n'icdneetar aldiits usotii ptlme ain eslreoo pardiano
appeas rceo mpfuagraec emuesnatcteoa,mu ene ffimereos pediente
pepra ssadraue na utaou rnae l tMralo so.t esspisu odò ie pr eigr r an­
dipr ootnasigtepi e irc oncpeitùt ii mpdoiqr uteaSsntttaoi ri a.
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chiezazarl,al e grgeez,lz m'aeanàic tonquaitsnete 'lelmtaàt ura»,
metnrTear geddeilfaaln 'z(iidna1e 2l9 0è«) u nforae s«tpale»o'r s cu­
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per(òp ropperrictohr éa gemi aclaci oinncèaf )on etd io ginl egge­
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l'deitq uàa trn'aanntio,ld salse ou i nrdiiziwtl oi ltdoid ottdoir­e;
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ersata ac tarap rniaemnii>n 3i.Al >1lsot emsosdono e,cl o rdsetole m­
poL,e opsaeirrd laiie rbadtiuo n cae rrterati ogcar avpeirstàen netie
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Sanviisoo nabo e vne dlenarae t aulerese tnsidoiqn uee dlellalem' a­
toL eodpiagr:ip àr eenstdier,lse taon,c nheesl u caos ,on elàlg 'ieot­
vainlepe o,ai ffi nanteeclso ird seoga lninI ine. nt rmabiq,u evlilret ù
hananc oh vee ddeireerta tmentlec aoc noons cceolnncaza pa ,a cità
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ero-aevelvbiae rlau'toom o daanlgludesi t imueon n dcohi uso,
quetlloleom a,pi ecarop rlier eep a olrmltoal lteiàpcd iemtio ndi.
Temaq uesstuco uL ieo paridniis snteelS ltaode rlli'aasn tormoia­
<N<onèc ertaamp eanrotanega arlns uiem rdoe iga lntiqcuheil,l o
demio defirlnois ofi pdaerlmtloilagt iiicaàpidn letimi o nid1»4-e
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lcao Tnh omNaaseg lu,n "os gruddaoa n esslouugno e"l )os pin­
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mieon tusisaascèmri foolou; c coh,me i accNeonnmd ise ti.o lga­
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