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Unread 08-25-2016, 02:02 PM
Gregory Dowling Gregory Dowling is offline
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As I'm writing from Venice, and it's 25th August, I think it worth mentioning that it was on this day in 1609 that Galileo demonstrated his telescope to the Doge.
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