2007-02-25 11:22:24 · 11 answers · asked by Kayla M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The telescope was unveiled in the Netherlands. In October 1608,
the States General (the national government) in The Hague
discussed the patent applications first of Hans Lipperhey of Middelburg, and then
of Jacob Metius of Alkmaar, on a device for "seeing faraway
things as though nearby." It consisted of a convex and concave
lens in a tube, and the combination magnified three or four
times.
The gentlemen found the device too easy to copy to award the
patent, but it voted a small award to Metius and employed
Lipperhey to make several binocular versions, for which he was
paid handsomely. It appears that another citizen of Middelburg,
Sacharias Janssen had a telescope at about the same time but was
at the Frankfurt Fair where he tried to sell it.
The news of this new invention spread rapidly through Europe,
and the device itself quickly followed. By April 1609
three-powered spyglasses could be bought in spectacle-maker's
shops on the Pont Neuf in Paris, and four months later there
were several in Italy. We know that
Thomas Harriot observed the Moon with a six-powered instrument
early in August 1609. But it was Galileo who made the instrument
famous. He constructed his first three-powered spyglass in June
or July 1609, presented an eight-powered instrument to the
Venetian Senate in August, and turned a twenty-powered
instrument to the heavens in October or November. With this
instrument he observed the Moon,
discovered four satellites of
Jupiter, and resolved nebular patches into stars. He
published Sidereus Nuncius in March 1610.
2007-02-25 11:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by John G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hans Lipperhey invented the telescope.
2007-02-25 11:26:39 · answer #2 · answered by Genesiss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Telescoper
2007-02-25 11:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by flonkas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to records, Hans Lippershey made the first application for a patent for the telescope in 1608 and in 1609, Galileo Gallei made his own telescope
2007-02-25 11:31:12 · answer #4 · answered by JADE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Galileo Galilei actually created the first telescope by creating his own lens system and using them in tandem in a tube with adjustable focal length which allowed viewing of distant objects. (magnifying lenses had been around for much longer, he just figured out a way to make a convex and concave lens work together to make an image at a great distance appear much larger)
2007-02-25 11:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by karl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Galileo
2007-02-25 11:25:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't Galileo no matter who says it was. Galileo stole the idea from someone else who I can't figure out their name. I watched a video in physics class about it.
2007-02-25 11:29:47 · answer #7 · answered by Tony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A guy by the name of Galileo, I believe.
2007-02-25 11:24:44 · answer #8 · answered by PDZ 247 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check these, it was Hans Lippershay who invented it
2007-02-25 11:26:55 · answer #9 · answered by Dark_Pearl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
galileo. he refined the spyglass by setting it on the ground and using larger lenses that he made himself from glass from Venice and later Florence.
2007-02-25 11:24:59 · answer #10 · answered by fernando danger 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋