ASTRONOMIEThe astrolabe was apparently invented in Greece in the 2nd century BC. Hipparchus, one of the greatest Greek… Jacob’s staff served as a simple measuring device for astronomers, geodesists and navigators. Swiss Jost Bürgi (1552–1632) learned the trade of clockmaking and thanks to his interest in astronomy and cooperation with… This small cosmic body fell from space to Earth. It’s a fragment that was created during a collision…
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