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The following short introduction gives only the basic idea of the electronic representation. We hope that most of the components are self-explaining and that they do not require any detailed description.
There are three principal modes of accessing the manuscript: Folio pages can either be reached via the list of folio pages, covering folio pages 33 to 196 (see the description of the content of the manuscript), via indices of words, numbers, and variables, or via related propositions of the Discorsi.
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Three buttons at the left end of navigation bars at the top and at the bottom of each page lead you to the entry page of the whole manuscript, to the list of folios, and to a table of indices.
Each folio page is represented on four levels of representation. These levels can be accessed through the navigation bar on top of the page. At each level, blue arrows move you forward and backward. Arrows related to a different level simultaneously move you and change the level.
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At the overview level (see, for example, folio 35r) you get a reduced facsimile, together with a transcription of the "final text," i.e. the text remaining after all corrections, deletions, and additions found on the folio page. In addition, the overview offers general information on the folio page such as its size, its watermark, and its content.
The working level (see, for example, folio 35r) displays a well-readable facsimile of the folio page, which, at the same time, serves as a "map" with clickable areas corresponding to the text blocks on that page. On this level, the facsimiles can be rotated in order to facilitate reading of entries written in different directions.
The high resolution image (see, for example, folio 35r) is the best available facsimile of the folio page.
A fourth level with full transcriptions of individual text blocks, reconstructions of calculations, and reproductions of drawings can be accessed via links on the overview level and on the working level. (see, for example, folio 35v, Text block 2).
The button Indices in the navigation bar leads to the entry page of separate indices for
If adequate, these indices are further subdivided into indices for
Propositions are coded according to their occurence in the Discorsi in the following format:
referring to the number of the book of De motu locali, followed by the number of the proposition, the type of the proposition (theorem or problem) and the number of the theorem or problem (continuing Galileo's own numbering as customary). The notation 2/31-th-20 thus refers to theorem 20, that is, proposition number 31 of the second book of De motu locali.
References to propositions outside of the standard numeration of the Discorsi are identified by the last numbered proposition occurring before, together with a short characterization as:
Once an index has been accessed (see, for example, the Latin words beginning with the letter "I"), a navigation bar similar to that for the navigation through folio pages allows you to move forward and backward through lists of words, numbers, variables for each initial letter, or propositions and through lists of references for each word, number, variable, or proposition (see, for example, the Latin word "impetus").
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Once an index is chosen, a navigation bar similar to that for folio pages allows you to move forward and backward through lists of words, numbers, or variables for each initial letter and lists of references for each word, number, or variable.
A navigation system with a analogous design guides through the references to propositions of the Discorsi.|
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