[PDF.78am] The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)

The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)

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 | #3270007 in Books |  2008-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.75 x6.75 x.50l,.60 | File type: PDF | 116 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating book for an optics geek|By Ursiform|A fair number of people know that in the early seventeenth century Galileo used the newly-invented telescope to revolutionize understanding of the "heavens". Fewer people know that the invention of the telescope is attributed to Johannes (also referred to in other sources as Johann or Hans) Lipperhey (Lippershey in some sources) i| |[Willach] has developed the most exciting thesis on the development of the telescope to appear in decades, and he deserves much credit for his bold and carefully proposed and illustrated conjectures. His resulting account is also an excellent example of how to

After the telescope became known in 1608-1609, a number of people in widely separate locations claimed that they had such a device long before the announcement came from The Hague; in the summer of 1608, no one had a telescope, in the summer of 1609, everyone had one. For a number of years author Rolf Willach has quietly tested early spectacle lenses in museums and private collections, and now he reports on this study, which gives an entirely new explanation of the inven...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)   |  Rolf Willach. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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