Re: Info request-European Physics/science Museums

[Richard Goode <rgoode@porterville.k12.ca.us>]

Paul Camp wrote:
> To what end was it removed? (This is too weird -- I plan to take all
> my appendages to the grave).
>
> > At 11:13 AM 6/5/96 EST, Paul Camp wrote:
> > > Galileo's middle finger???
> >
> > Yes  -  it was removed by a surgeon after his death.  You can take a look at
> > it via the JPL Galileo web site if you're not up for a trip to Italy!  I
> > forget the URL, but you can find it from the top via  www.jpl.nasa.gov
> > George Spagna


Here is the link to the museum in Florence. It is there, I saw it in 1990.
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/4/eiv10.html
Enjoy.
-- 
Richard Goode
Physics Teacher
Porterville High School

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