Celatone
The celatone was a device invented by Galileo Galilei to observe Jupiter's moons with the purpose of finding longitude on Earth. It took the form of a piece of headgear with a telescope taking the place of an eyehole.
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Using of celatone.

Celatone by Matthew Dockrey. Museum at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UK.
Modern versions
In 2013, Matthew Dockrey created a replica celatone, using notes from a version created by Samuel Parlour. From April 2014 to January 2015, Dockrey's celatone was on display in the Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, London.
gollark: oh apiariats.
gollark: Oh, they said "the password was potato".
gollark: This predates potatOS by 6 years.
gollark: Why did it assume potatOS was a virus?!
gollark: ~play orbital kinetic bombardment
See also
- Longitude prize
- Galilean moons
References
- Sobel, Dava (1995). Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-025879-5.
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