Lippershey
Britishnoun
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They refused the patent, and though the discovery was soon found of value, Lippershey reaped no benefit.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
The inventor of the telescope was a Dutchman named Hans Lippershey, who carried on the business of a spectacle-maker in the town of Middelburg.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
The story is told that Lippershey, who was a spectacle-maker, stumbled by accident upon the discovery that when two lenses are held at a certain distance apart, objects at a distance appear nearer and larger.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
The telescope was invented by a Dutch optician named Hans Lippershey about three hundred years ago.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
To Hans Lippershey, a Dutch optician, is accorded the honour of having constructed the first astronomical telescope, which he made so early as the 2nd of October, 1608.
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
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