Accademia del Cimento

The Accademia del Cimento (Academy of Experiment), an early scientific society, was founded in Florence in 1657 by students of Galileo, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and Vincenzo Viviani and ceased to exist about a decade later. The foundation of Academy was funded by Prince Leopoldo and Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici. The tenets of the society included:[1]

  • Experimentation (about everything, in this early period of science)
  • Avoidance of speculation
  • Creation of laboratory instruments
  • Standards of measurement
  • Motto – Provando e riprovando = Proving and proving again (or Trying and Trying again)
  • A publication ’Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento sotto la protezione del Serenissimo Principe Leopoldo di Toscana e descritte dal segretario di essa Accademia first published in 1666, later translated into Latin in 1731. It became the standard laboratory manual in the 18th century.
  1. ^ Bruno, pp. 17–18.

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