Glenhuon
03-10-2007, 01:42 PM
Fact of the Day from the Scotsman newspaper for 2/10/2007.
"The first telescope was demonstrated by Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey today in 1608. The word "telescope" (from the Greek "teleskopos" = "far-seeing") was actually coined a few years later by Galileo Galilei when he adapted Lippershey's invention. Oscar Wilde once said that "we're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." If you're one of the latter, read all the latest news in space science here (http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=6)"
Must send them a link to IIS, their info is a bit out of date in places LOL
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Glenhuon
"The first telescope was demonstrated by Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey today in 1608. The word "telescope" (from the Greek "teleskopos" = "far-seeing") was actually coined a few years later by Galileo Galilei when he adapted Lippershey's invention. Oscar Wilde once said that "we're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." If you're one of the latter, read all the latest news in space science here (http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=6)"
Must send them a link to IIS, their info is a bit out of date in places LOL
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Glenhuon