Ryan R. Timeline

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  • Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope.

    Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope.

  • Galileo creates an improved version of Lippershey's telescope

    Galileo creates an improved version of Lippershey's telescope

  • Galileo discovers the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, sunspots on the Sun, phases of Venus, and craters on the Moon

    Galileo discovers the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, sunspots on the Sun, phases of Venus, and craters on the Moon

  • Galileo makes many observations about the solar system using his new telescope

  • Galileo discovers that Venus goes through phases like Earth

    Galileo discovers that Venus goes through phases like Earth

  • Galileo visits Rome to demonstrate the telescope

  • Galileo writes his first report on sunspots

    Galileo writes his first report on sunspots

  • Galileo writes theory about tides, which proves that the Earth moves.

  • Galileo writes his "Assayer..." in which he debates the difference between primary properties, (measurable, quantative) and other properties (smell) and writes his famous quote, "The Book of Nature is written with Mathematical characters."