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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Galileo Presents the Telescope
On this day in 1609,
Galileo
presented his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. The rest is, as they say, "history."
Fresco (1858) by Giuseppe Bertini of Galileo
showing the Doge of Venice how to use the telescope
Bertini Room, Villa Andrea Ponti - Varese, Italy
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