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Galileo invented the telescope.

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REFUTED
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3 sources for · 6 against

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Is it true that Galileo invented the telescope?

No. Reference sources state the telescope was invented in the Netherlands in 1608, credited to Lipperhey, and that Galileo built his own only after hearing of it. A few children's and poetry lines repeat the claim but carry no authority.

Verdict: REFUTED · 3 sources for, 6 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 3
The abridged history of rainfall
2016
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author, H. J. 1. (2016). The abridged history of rainfall. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/abridgedhistoryo0000hopl

Evidence against · 6
Galileo's Telescope
2019
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Christopher, S. (2019). Galileo's Telescope. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5084934

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Infinite space
1999
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Christian, G. & Guillaume, C. (1999). Infinite space. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/infinitespace00gren

High interest reading : 100 reproducible activities : [student book]
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Paula, B., J, D. H., Terri, G., Ann, D., Jackie, S., & (Firm), I. F. (n.d.). High interest reading : 100 reproducible activities : [student book]. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/100serieshighint00paul

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Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Telescope
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Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Telescope. (n.d.). en.wikisource.org. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Telescope

LibreTexts: 5.02: Early Telescopes
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LibreTexts: 5.02%3A Early Telescopes. (n.d.). phys.libretexts.org. https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/Introduction_to_Astronomy_(Lumen)/05%3A_Telescope_and_Observing/5.02%3A_Early_Telescopes

Invention of Telescope. (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 26 January 1926)
1926
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Invention of Telescope. (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 26 January 1926). (1926). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OSWCC19260126.2.18

Galileo and the mountains of the moon: analogical reasoning, models and metaphors in scientific discovery
2004
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Galileo and the mountains of the moon: analogical reasoning, models and metaphors in scientific discovery. (2004). shs.hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568537042484904

Wikipedia: Martin Horký
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Wikipedia: Martin Horký. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Horký

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