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Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei created this device to calculate the motions of Jupiter’s moons.
In 1642, for a Dutch longitude prize, Galileo proposed both an astronomical solution and an accurate sea clock—the first clock ever to have a pendulum.
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
The certification set for the first GPS receiver certified for use under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
A hand-held GPS receiver that provided geographic coordinates and a graphical display.
This is the master clock used at the Goldstone, California, Deep Space Network station from about 1983 to 2006.
A post-war periscopic sextant often mounted this type of watch.
Striking green ornaments made by the Maori were created from a kind of jade.
Most inertial navigation devises use a gyro that measures motion by the change in vibration of a cup-shaped device.