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Hans Lippershey, Dutch optician credited with the discovery of the telescope, 1655.
Hans Lippershey, Dutch optician credited with the discovery of the telescope, 1655. Lippershey (c1570-1619) applied for a patent for his telescope in 1608, and word of his invention reached Galileo, who produced a working model in 1609. After the picture by Hendrik Berkman for De Vero Telescopic Inventore by Pierre Borel, 1655.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Borel
country
Discovery
Dress
Dutch
Engraving
Hans
Hans Lippershey
Hendrick Berkman;Berkman
Hendrick;Hendrick Berkmans
Invention
Inventor
JOB
Lippershey
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
OCCUPATION
OPTICIAN
Optics
Oxford Science Archive
People
pierre
Pierre Borel
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
ruff
Science
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Telescope
The Netherlands, Topography