As such, the experiment staged at the Nieuwe Kerk was given less credence than similar experiments, namely the more substantive work of Galileo Galilei and his famous thought experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa in 1589. Stevin published his findings in his 1586 work "De Beghinselen Der Weeghconst"—translatable to "The Principles of Statics & The Principles of the Art of Weighing". Stevin and de Groot's experiment is—along with those of their Italian contemporaries—considered to be one of the foundational experiments in the history of modern statics.