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Development of the Telescope from 1561 to 1896

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE IN FIFTY YEARS.
source: July 25, 1896 Scientific American

Printing Press

Printing Press

16th century
Impressio Librorvm
By Jan van der Straet (Johannes Stradanus)

Counting Board Competition

Counting Board Competition

The new versus the old aritmetic, Boethius against Pythagoras, Hindu-Arabic numerals versus the counting board.
Margarita Philosophica image
Illustrated encyclopedia by Gregor Reisch 1508

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