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When you think of who invented the telescope, you probably immediately think Galileo, right? Well you wouldn't be alone, but you'd be wrong.
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Brief History of Optics and Lenses:
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"It is said that the Roman Emperor Nero viewed the fights of gladiators through a natural magnifier made out of an emerald."
The Nimrud Lens / The Layard Lens:
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"Oval rock-crystal inlay: ground and polished, with one plane and one slightly convex face. It has been regarded as an optical lens but would have been of little or no practical use."
Hans Lipperhey (d. 1619):
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"Hans Lipperhey was born in Wesel (western Germany) and settled in Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland, the southwesternmost province of the Netherlands, where he married in 1594 and became a citizen in 1602."
Telescope History:
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"In 1609 an Italian physicist and astronomer named Galileo became the first person to point a telescope skyward."
Galilean and Keplerian Telescopes:
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"The telescopes you will be building are very similar in design to the ones that were first built more than 300 years ago. Yours will have a magnification of about 25 times, which is better than most commercial grade binoculars and comparable to the best telescope Galileo built."
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