{"collection":"Astrology","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_astro_ml_ml05_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_astro_ml_ml05_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_astro_ml_ml05_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/astro/ml/ml05.htm","summary":"WITH the invention of the telescope came an epoch in human history. To Hans Lippershey, a Dutch optician, is accorded the honour of having constructed the first astronomical telescope, which he made so early as the 2nd of October, 1608. Galileo, hearing of this new wonder, set to work, and produced and improved instrument, which he carried in triumph to Venice, where it occasioned the intensest delight.","tags":["Lunar Folklore","Moon Mythology","Victorian Astronomy Lore"],"text":null,"title":"Moon Lore: Moon Spots: I. Introduction","tradition":"Astrology","translated_text":null,"word_count":1057}