Rome Was His Laboratory

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No one in Rome would let Francesco Bianchini punch a hole through their ceiling. Bianchini wanted to measure the size of the solar system, which required the use of a sixteen-foot-long telescope—hence the hole. When he finally found a suitable place to mount his instrument and take measurements, tracking Venus and Saturn across the night […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/10/06/rome-was-his-laboratory-francesco-bianchini/

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