Experiment #45330 accomplished.

the New York Public Library's Rare book Collection
Had the privilege of seeing my requested book The Dialog, by Galileo, original text, 1632.

Enter the Office of Special Collections, room 316B. The Librarian will ask, of what affiliation you belong, answer something simple like "I'm a writer, this is inspirational research." (ok the book is in Italian, and me and my tattoos weren't about to say anything too pompous.) Show id, then asked, what is the research is for. "Laws of Nature" (I was in a pinch, but it sounded good, and looks fabulous on my new, Rare Books Division, library card.) Take all your belongings, except notebook, laptop, to the baggage check downstairs, you won't need it in heaven, and don't forget your pencil. Flash your new fancy card, room 328, like you're Scully, once buzzed in, give them your paperwork, you'll be asked to leave while they retrieve your book, no loitering with the bound beauties. Return. This is where you go, and now I begin.

The librarian, set the book in front of me on a foamed cushion, with a blue felt cloth. He turned on the lamp and walked behind his desk, 4 feet away, keeping a watchful eye. This may seem like prison, but I am gone. There I sat turning the pages of the first edition text, which was suppressed by the inquisition in 1633. Thin fiber pages, which slightly bled through, diagrams of simple geometry. The three characters Salviati, Sagredo, and Simplico gently discuss the possibility. The theory. That the earth may revolve around the sun.