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# Seventeenth-century telescope made of recycled paper with Latin text at the Jan Sobieski exhibition in Vienna
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/na-vystavke-iana-sobeskogo-v-vene-eksponiruetsia-teleskop-xvii-veka/
- Published: 2017-10-09T14:25:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:05:03.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Museums, Observations, Science

A seventeenth-century telescope is on display at the Jan Sobieski exhibition in Vienna. I do not know the story of its origin, but on closer inspection it is plain that the instrument is made of recycled paper with Latin text