Telescope

Galileo Galilei (attr.)
Telescope, Padua or Florence, c. 1610
Glass, wood, paper, copper; 1360 x 60 mm
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, inv. 2427

The second of the surviving telescopes of Galilean make shows what the optical instruments used in astronomical observations must have looked like. The tube, consisting of two grooved wooden shells, is held together by copper bands and is covered in paper. The housings of the objective and the eyepiece are also made of wood.

 

 

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Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

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