As to the query whether the finite parts of a limited continuum [continuo terminato] are finite infinite in number I will... answer that they are neither finite or infinite.
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as Salviati, Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze or Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences (1638) and as Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (1914) Tr. Henry Crew, Alfonso de Salvio