1801Giuseppe Piazzi Discovers Dwarf Planet Ceres

Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf plane...
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🔭 Galileo Galilei's Birth

Galileo Galilei born on February 15
Galileo Galilei's Birth (1564)
AstronomyRenaissanceScientific RevolutionGalileo GalileiPhysicsHeliocentrismScientific MethodItalian RenaissanceTelescopeCosmology
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🔭 Galileo's Telescopic Astronomical Discoveries

Galileo Galilei: Sidereus Nuncius: telescopic observations.
Galileo's Telescopic Astronomical Discoveries (1610)
Scientific RevolutionAstronomyTelescopeGalileo GalileiHeliocentrismRenaissanceScientific Method
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🔭 Niccolò Zucchi's Reflecting Telescope Experiments

Niccolò Zucchi describes experiments with a bronze parabolic mirror trying to make a reflecting telescope.
Niccolò Zucchi's Reflecting Telescope Experiments (1616)
Scientific RevolutionAstronomyOpticsTelescopeScientific Instruments
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🔋 Alessandro Volta Invents the First Electric Battery

Alessandro Volta Invents the First Electric Battery (1800)
PhysicsElectricityElectrochemistryEnergy
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🔭 Giuseppe Piazzi Discovers Dwarf Planet Ceres

Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
Giuseppe Piazzi Discovers Dwarf Planet Ceres (1801)
AstronomyPlanetary ScienceSolar System
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🧪 Avogadro's Law Published

Avogadro's Law Published (1827)
ChemistryPhysicsScientific Revolution
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