Who invented the telescope?
Who precisely invented the telescope is a somewhat unclear question. Since the previously recorded history, people have played with simple lenses made of Rock Crystal (Quartz) and it seems that the basic concept of binoculars has been recognized at 1230 or earlier. At the end of the 13th century, convex lenses were invention for the repair of the long -term point of view, while concave lenses for almost side form were invented in 1451 Nicholas of Cusa. Because the basic telescope is only a combination of convex and concave lenses in the mounting tube, there was a basic option. In fact, various writings from England from the end of the 16th century suggest that binoculars could have been developed and used by at least a few individuals. Traditionally, three people go to the binoculars: Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, the creators of viewers working in Middleburg and Jacob Metius Zalkmaar. Soon thereafter, binoculars began to be produced in larger numbers and spread throughout Europe as news. 1608 is officially recognizedA year for the invented telescope. These early telescopes increased the distant objects by only three.
When the telescopes were still extremely new, in 1609, soon the famous Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, he heard of the basic operational concept of the telescope when visiting the town of Venice. As soon as he returned home to Padov, he immediately built one, simply by putting a convex and concave lens in the tube. He made an improved version and showed her to Mr. Venice Leonardo Donato, who was very impressed. Galileo was then settled throughout his life in his lecture and his salary was doubled.
Galileo improved the telescope until he had a magnifying force of three three. Then he used his telescope to discover the months of Jupiter, the sun's spots, the phases of Venus and the hills and the valley of the moon. These discoveries have still celebrated him to this day, and therefore the telescopes of this design are still called the Galilean telescopes.
Another main type of binoculars, reflecting the telescope, was invented by the English Inspector Leonard in the mid -16th century, but it was relatively impractical and never spread in his time. It was left to Isaac Newton, a great physicist who built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1669.