Galileo Galilei the use of the compasses for 120 lire. In about 1593, Galileo constructed a thermometer, using the expansion and contraction of air in a bulb to move water in an attached tube. In 1609, Galileo was, along with Englishman Thomas Harriot and others, among the first to use a refracting telescope as an instrument to observe stars, planets or moons. The name "telescope" was coined for Galileo's instrument by a Greek mathematician, Giovanni Demisiani, at a banquet held in 1611 by Prince Federico Cesi to make Galileo a member of his Accademia dei Lincei. The name was derived from the
Hans Jacob Grøgaard Hans Jacob Grøgaard Hans Jacob Grøgaard (5 April 1764 – 22 March 1836) was a Norwegian parish priest and writer. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Hans Jacob Grøgaard was born in Åsnes in Hedmark, Norway. At age three, the family moved to Bergen, where his father was sexton at St. Jørgen's Hospital Church ("St. Jørgen hospitalkirke"). Grøgaard started his education at the Bergen Cathedral School. He studied theology in Copenhagen and earned his theological degree in 1784. In 1797, he became a chaplain at Øyestad Church in Aust-Agder. In 1811, he became vicar