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20 though this was not very great. He also said how many inventions he had in mind, many of them only of use to princes making war; he enumerated books in contemplation, some of them already in hand, on the structure of the universe, on local motion, on mechanics, on sound and speech, on light and colours, on the tides and other subjects, besides works on military science, manœuvres, fortification, etc. In addition to these and other proposed reprints and publications, he pointed out how much time he wanted for observation of the Medicean stars in order to construct tables of their motion, and for other astronomical pursuits. The result of the negotiations was his nomination by Cosmo II. as First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke, but with no obligation to lecture nor to live at Pisa.