The mathematician soon acquired a Dutch instrument, and on August 25, 1609, he presented an improved, more powerful telescope of his own design to the senate of the city-state of Venice.In THE ASSAYER Galileo makes the explicit claim that he constructed his telescope within days of hearing a description of its use only, and not its design, and without having examined or having seen any other telescope.
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