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Fortinbras Armstrong

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2. WRT the comment about George Washington

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:42 AM

Oct 2018

Galileo largely supported himself by making telescopes for the various armies in Italy. For example, the Duke of Urbino contracted with Galileo to supply telescopes for every officer in his army. So yes, Galileo was a military contractor.

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