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1. 荷兰人汉斯李博斯(Hans
Lippershey)于1608年发明了望远镜,但有传闻说在此三年前,当一群孩子在眼镜制造商店铺里玩透镜的时候,望远镜就已经发明了。那种事情在微软游戏机XBOX出现之前时常发生。(意指现在的孩子的创造力都被电子游戏扼杀了。) 2. Early
telescopes sold like mad to merchants, who used them to spot
approaching trade ships in hopes of beating out competitors. 2. 早期的望远镜卖给商人都卖疯了,他们藉此辨认驶来的商船并希望击败竞争对手。 3. Telescopes gave rise to the first high-speed
telecommunications networks: spyglasses that were used to relay
semaphore signals from miles away. 3. 望远镜导致了第一个高速电信网络的出现:一些小望远镜用来中转数英里外的旗语信号。 4. Galileo was the fir
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