From: Russell Blackford (rblackford@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 13 2001 - 17:28:43 MDT
>But on November 30 (1609) he saw, for the very first time,
>the Moon, with his "cannone", his 20-power telescope,
>("cannone", now "cannocchiale", actually means "gun")
>http://www.mtsn.tn.it/astrofili/mat/luna/p1.html
>from some backyard at Padua. And the Moon ...
>was not the perfect globe that people thought,
>at that time.
>-s.
Excellent work! So my "December 1609" was a day out. I take off my
metaphorical hat to you. This may be the best suggestion yet. However, I am
still...
Russ the Amenable
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