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Galileo Galilei: Identify the device most commonly attributed to his invention in general-knowledge sources. Full question: What did Galileo invent (as popularly cited), beyond his astronomical observations and improved telescopes? Choose the correct option.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: Thermometer/thermoscope (precursor to the modern thermometer)

Explanation:


Context

  • Galileo is famed for physics/astronomy, but also devised instruments.


Clarification
Galileo created a thermoscope (early 1600s), a temperature-indicating device regarded as a precursor to the thermometer. He did not invent the barometer (Torricelli), nor the microscope as first originator, and certainly not the steam engine.


Final Answer
Thermometer/thermoscope (precursor to the modern thermometer).

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