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“Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many other things we had - were so strange unto them, and so farre exceeded their capacities to comprehend the reason and meanes how they should be made and done, that they thought they were rather the workes of gods then men.”

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Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriot

Thomas Harriot was an English astronomer, mathematician, and explorer who lived from 1560 to July 2, 1621. He made significant contributions to the field of astronomy, particularly in the areas of astronomical observations and celestial measurements. Harriot was the first to record the rings of Saturn in detail and conducted in-depth research on solar and lunar eclipses. more

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