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Hans Lipperhey[a] (c. 1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey, [b] was a German - Dutch spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the telescope, because he was the first one who tried to obtain a patent for it. [1] .
18 sie 2023 · However, the first recognisable telescope device that used a convex lens and a concave lens set in a long tube is generally thought to have been invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershey (c. 1570 to c. 1619) in the Netherlands.
In 1655, the Dutch diplomat William de Boreel tried to solve the mystery of who invented the telescope. He had a local magistrate in Middelburg follow-up on Boreel's childhood and early adult recollections of a spectacle-maker named "Hans", who he remembered as the inventor of the telescope.
1608 — Hans Lippershey, a Dutch lensmaker, applies for a patent for a perspective glass "for seeing things far away as if they were nearby", the first recorded design for what will later be called a telescope.
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."
3 lip 2019 · While others, such as Jacob Metius and Zacharias Janssen, later also claimed to invent the telescope, it was Lippershey who worked on perfecting the optical technique and application. His earliest instrument was simply two lenses held in place so that an observer could look through them to distant objects.
The telescope first appeared in the Netherlands. In October 1608, the national government in The Hague discussed a patent application for a device that aided "seeing faraway things as though nearby." It consisted of a convex and concave lens in a tube.
