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This clock was made by Johannes van Ceulen around 1680. 

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Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei created this device to calculate the motions of Jupiter’s moons.

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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.

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Striking green ornaments made by the Maori were created from a kind of jade. 

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A horary quadrant is used to find the time of day by measuring the Sun’s altitude.

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