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Visiting The Institute of Astronomy

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July 14th 2015
Yesterday, I visited The Museum of Astronomy in Tashkent. We learned that the first telescope was not a tube, but actually a hole in the ground in the form of a tube, from which people looked through into the sky. I also saw a variety of instruments that people used to measure the angle of elevation between the level of ground and the object in the sky. It was amazing to know that in the 14th cent ... read more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

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Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain... ... read more