Timeline of telescope technology

The following timeline lists the significant events in the invention and development of the telescope.

BC

2560 BC to 1 BC

AD

1 AD to 999 AD

1000 AD to 1999 AD

A replica of Galileo's telescope
A replica of Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope of 1672
The Oldest Observatory in South America is the Quito Astronomical Observatory, founded in 1873.

2000 AD to 2018 AD

See also

References

  1. Enoch J (April 2000). "First known lenses originating in Egypt about 4600 years ago!". Hindsight 31 (2): 9–17. PMID 11624467.
  2. Studies of the oldest Known Lenses at the Louvre (4600 Years Before the Present)
  3. Remarkable Old Kingdom Lenses and the Illusion of the Following Eye
  4. King 2003, p. 25
  5. King 2003, p. 26
  6. Rashed, Roshdi (September 1990). "A Pioneer in Anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on Burning Mirrors and Lenses". Isis 81 (3): 464–491. doi:10.1086/355456. JSTOR 233423.
  7. Elizabeth, Hazel. "902AD Manuscript Located". Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  8. For extensive references, see the Book of Optics article.
  9. Kriss, Timothy C.; Kriss, Vesna Martich (April 1998). "History of the Operating Microscope: From Magnifying Glass to Microneurosurgery". Neurosurgery 42 (4): 899–907. doi:10.1097/00006123-199804000-00116. PMID 9574655.
  10. "De iride". Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  11. For references, see the Witelo article.
  12. King 2003
  13. "Did the reflecting telescope have English origins?". 2002. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
  14. Ronan, Colin A. M.Sc. F.R.A.S. (1991). "Leonard and Thomas Digges". Journal of the British Astronomical Association (British Astronomical Association) 101 (6).
  15. Fred Watson, Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope, page 38
  16. Bologna University Department of Astronomy — TELESCOPES
  17. Rebecca Stefoff, Microscopes and telescopes, page 17
  18. David Whitehouse, Renaissance Genius: Galileo Galilei & His Legacy to Modern Science, pages 69-70
  19. archive.org "Galileo His Life And Work" BY J. J. FAHIE "Galileo usually called the telescope occhicde or cannocchiale ; and now he calls the microscope occhialino. The name telescope was first suggested by Demisiani in 1612"
  20. Sobel (2000, p.43), Drake (1978, p.196)
  21. Rosen, Edward, The Naming of the Telescope (1947)
  22. King 2003, p. 77
  23. 1 2 telescopeѲptics.net — 8.2. Two-mirror telescopes
  24. The complete Amateur Astronomer — John Hadley's Reflector
  25. The Oldest Observatory in South America is the Quito Astronomical Observatory
  26. Quito Astronomical Observatory Official Web Site, founded in 1873
  27. [https://aas.org/posts/news/2014/04/ecuador-establishes-division-solar-physics-phenomena American Astronomical Society, ecuador-establishes-division-solar-physics-phenomena
  28. "The Schmidt Camera". October 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  29. nmt.edu — New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology — “Resurfacing the 100-inch (2,500 mm) Telescope” by George Zamora
  30. "The James Webb Space Telescope". NASA.

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