• A photo of the end of a simple wooden telescope embellished with golden filigree painted on its surface. The lens and end cap are laid on the table next to it.
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    This replica of a refracting telescope made and used by Galileo in the early seventeenth century is based on an original in the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza (now the Museo Galileo) in Florence, Italy. The tube is 37 inches long.

  • A photo of the end of a simple wooden telescope embellished with golden filigree painted on its surface. The lens and end cap are laid on the table next to it.

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