The Sumerians and Egyptians certainly had star maps and catalogs, but these have been lost. The oldest star atlas that we have record of was compiled by the Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemy about 2000 years ago, and his atlas survived only because it was translated into Arabic 1500 years ago, and was discovered in the libraries of Cordova and Toledo, Spain, when "El Cid" conquered the Arabs and unified Spain.
A Greek astronomer named Hipparchus made the first catalog of stars and the first map of the skies. He was also credited with discovering the earth moved on its axis in over the coarse of the year.
The earliest star catalog that we know of - that still exists, that is - was the Almagest of Claudius Ptolemy. However, it refers to earlier works, that do NOT exist any longer. So we'll probably never know who actually wrote the first one.
The earliest written star catalogs were made by the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. None of that has survived to the modern era, but a Roman named Claudius Ptolemy transcribed much of what was then known about astronomy into his own works, including a classic called the Almagest. Copies of Ptolemy's books did not survive in Greece or Rome, but were discovered in the Moorish libraries of Spain, captured when the Spaniards reconquered Andalusia.
Star catalogs and maps are not "discovered", they are made.
The earliest known star catalog was the Almagest, compiled by Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek scientist who lived in Alexandria, Egypt.
No one has catalogued them all yet! Tycho Brahe made a lot of surprisingly good observations of stars and planets during the last half of the 1500's.
I guess that would be Charles Messier. Many objects are still known by their Messier Catalog number, for example, M31 for the Andromeda Galaxy.
Claudius Ptolemy's "Alamagest" is the earliest record of a star catalog that's even remotely correct. However, Ptolemy refers to even earlier records, which have not survived the centuries.
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Yes. K2 Sideshow skis are made from China
Most Atomic skis are made in Austria, but they also have a factory in Bulgaria.
it was the snowdogTHE first snowmobile made was a truck type of vehicleoutfitted with skis and two tracks
i just waxed my skis with a candle that i melted with an iron onto the skis scraped and smoothened the surface..tested the skis on slopes.seems like my skis made a squeeking sound on the snow..but all in all it worked well
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The K2 public enemy skis are made of wood (fir). These skis are known to be good for park and pipe trickery.
Skis weren't just found - they were invented. No single person is credited with the invention of the original ski. According to the International Skiing History Association, the first record of skis is from rock paintings and skis preserved in bogs that are at least 5,000 years old. These ancient skis were used by hunters and trappers.
The first film in which James Bond was on skis was On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), starring George Lazenby. In it, Bond uses skis to evade Blofeld's henchmen and escape from Piz Gloria.
Yes you can make skis, but it would be hard. You need all sorts of materials, machinery and expertise to make quality skis. All the big ski companies have scientists and designers to develop skis. But if you want i'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to make a good old fashion pair of wood skis. The bindings could be tricky though.In fact some ski companies just started with people like you who wanted to make skis. For example the company Line was started by Jason Levinthal in 1995. He made his first skis in his own garage.
Wood and fiberglass are the most common for the core but you can also have carbon fiber, the edges are made of metal, modern day skis are carbon steel but older skis can have chrome type, such as those used in cutlery. Thetopsheet, graphics and bases are made out of various kinds of plastics.