Refracting telescope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1 Invention; 2 Refracting telescope designs. 2.1 Galilean telescope; 2.2 Keplerian Telescope; 2.3 Achromatic refractors; 2.4 Apochromatic refractors; 3 Technical considerations; 4 Notable refracting telescopes; 5 See also

The Galileo Project | Biography | Telescope
Galileo's Telescope: Galileo invented many mechanical devices other than the pump, such as the hydrostatic balance . But perhaps his most famous invention was the telescope

The First Telescope
When I ran across this account of the invention of the telescope in Neal Howard's Standard Handbook for Telescope Making, the mention of birds caught my attention.

The Galileo Project | Science | Hans Lipperhey
Although others have claimed the invention of the telescope and the device was impossible to keep secret, the earliest record of the existence of such a device is a letter ...

Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Timeline - Hans ...
He then placed a tube between the lenses to make a telescope. Lippershey called his invention a "kijker", meaning "looker" in Dutch and in 1608, applied for a patent with the Belgian government.

History of the Telescope - History of Binoculars
A spectacle maker probably assembled the first telescope - Hans Lippershey of Holland is often credited with the invention but he almost ... Phoenicians cooking on sand discovered glass around 3500 BCE ...

Invention Mart
Telelscope accessories, tripods, mounts, lights, travel. ... A place for Hot Astronomical Inventions DynaPod , Telescope mounting systems and accessories

Galileo's Telescope
... the Venetian government against purchasing the instrument from the foreigner, since Galileo could at least match such an invention. By then, Galileo had worked out the principle of the telescope and ...

Optics 3
Optics Highlights; III . The Telescope: A Dutch eyeglass maker, Hans Lippershey, has been given credit for the invention of the telescope in 1608; when he offered it to the government for ...

Galileo's Telescope
The Invention of the Telescope. [The entire problem of the invention of the telescope is discussed]. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society , 67 (4), Albert van Helden. (1976)