Fahie, J. J. (John Joseph), 1846-1934 · London, J. Murray · leaf 133
f the effects of Cardinal Leopoldo de Medici of abroken object-glass with which Galileo discoveredthe four new planets; and in 1677 another recordof its having been set in an ivory frame, for which * For much interesting information on the subject of telescopes, seeGrant3 History of Physical… … Galileos Object-Glass and Telescopes. [To/ace ^. 96, i6io] GALILEOS OLD D I S C O V E R E R 97 one Vittorio Crosterr, an engraver and carver, waspaid 19^ lire. It is now preserved (together withtwo telescopes, said to have been made by GaHleo,and certainly of his time) in the Tribuna di Galileoin…
