Peoria Riverfront Museum - The telescope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands. Having heard about Lippershey's invention, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei built his own telescope in 1609
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Star Gazer. In 1609, Galileo Galilei was inspired by Hans Lippershey's “Dutch perspective glasses” to design
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Royal Institution of Great Britain - On this day in 1609 Galileo demonstrated his first telescope. This led to a series of ground-breaking findings, like how Venus showed a range of moon-like
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