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Show THE TELESCOPE OF GALILEO. Very few people are aware that the first practical telescope the one which Galileo used In discovering the satellites of Jupiter, In January, 1610 Is sf 1 1 1 In existence and preserved at the Museum of Physics and Natural History In Florence. It Ik about three hundred years ago since this instrument instru-ment was first turned toward the heavens. Unlike tho present astronomical astro-nomical type It had a concave instead of a convert eye piece. Just like the opera glasses now In use. When Galileo Gali-leo first exhibited his new telescope to the Dogo and an enthusiastic assembly as-sembly on the townor of St. Mark's, In Venice, he was overwhelmed with honors, hon-ors, because It was thought that tho Instrument would give tho soldiers and sailors of the republic a great advantage advan-tage over their enemies. Strand Magazine. Mag-azine. . . |