Galileo Galilei of her life. Vincenzo was later legitimised as the legal heir of Galileo and married Sestilia Bocchineri. Although Galileo seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, at his father's urging he instead enrolled in 1580 at the University of Pisa for a medical degree. In 1581, when he was studying medicine, he noticed a swinging chandelier, which air currents shifted about to swing in larger and smaller arcs. To him, it seemed, by comparison with his heartbeat, that the chandelier took the same amount of time to swing back and forth, no matter how far it was swinging. When
Italian submarine Galileo Galilei addition to and already being operated by the Falangists) to the Spanish Legion (Legión Española or Tercio de Extranjeros). "Galileo Galilei" was one of the four boats chosen for the transfer. On 26 September 1937 "Galileo Galilei" arrived at Soller on Mallorca. She was placed under the direct command of Spanish admiral Francisco Moreno, was renamed "General Mola II" and assigned pennant number L1. However, "Galileo Galilei" retained her commander (captain Mario Ricci), senior officers and Italian crew, but they had to wear Spanish uniforms and insignia. The other three Italian submarines transferred to Tercio were ("Aguilar Tablada"), ("Gonzalez Lopez")