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Celatone
To use Jupiter's moons as a clock for determining longitude at sea, observing them through a telescope on the deck of a continuously moving ship, Galileo designed a device that he called celatone (from celata, a type of helmet called a "sallet" in English). It consisted of a metal helmet [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Galileo
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Galileo
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500174
Extent
- 100 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/Jovilabe.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy