The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 98, Part 5)

by Rolf Willach

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606189859
• ISBN13: 9781606189856
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 10.0"