Today in History: August 25 11 hrs ago
Slide 1 of 11: Galileo demonstrating his telescope, Venice, 1609 (1870). In this artist's reconstruction Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is showing his telescope to the Doge and the Venetian Senators. Galileo is credited with making the first effective telescope. From Vies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1870). (Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
1/11 SLIDES © Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images 1609: Galileo demonstrates his first telescope
Italian astronomer and philosopher Galileo Galilei demonstrates his invention, a telescope with a magnification of around eight or nine, to Venetian merchants.
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