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The Revolution of the Telescope
470-390 BC – Chinese philosopher Mozi recorded the observations that concave mirrors can focus the rays from the sun.
424 BC – Greek Playwright and theater director Aristophanes recorded that glasses of many shapes that are filled with water can bend rays of the sun.
3rd century BC – Greek mathematician Euclid first wrote a scientific overview of sun rays, reflection and refraction. His work was expanded 5 centuries later by Ptolemy.
10-12th century – several Arab scientists started examining the properties of light, mirrors, lenses and more. Ibn al-Haytham's “Book of Optics” arrives in Europe, and after translation to Latin, it becomes the foundation of modern European exploration of lenses.
Late 13th century – First spectacles are invented.
1570s – Several reports are made of the abilities of lenses to make “distant things look as they are near”.
1608 – German-Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey applies his patent on what is today known as telescope. He managed to beat two other Dutch scientists (Jacob Metius and Zacharias Janssen) who also tried to register their own inventions.
1609 – Famous astronomer, physicist, engineer and mathematician Galileo Galilei managed to improve the basic telescope design of Hans Lippershey, calling it “perspicillum”. He used his telescope to make many significant astronomical discoveries.
1611 – The name “telescope” is created by Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani, during his visit at Italian science academy “Accademia dei Lincei” that hosted one of the Galileo Galilei’s telescopes. This word was coined from the words “tele” (far) and “skopein” (to look, or to see).
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