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Lippershey's Invention of the Telescope (1608)
In October 1608, Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey of Middelburg applied to the States General in The Hague for a patent for a 'device for seeing…
Timeline
- 1608Middelburg · NetherlandsIn Middelburg, Lippershey mounted a convex lens and a concave lens front-to-back in a tube, making distant objects appear about three times larger, initially intended for military and maritime observation.
- 1608The Hague · NetherlandsOn October 2, Lippershey submitted a patent petition to the States General in The Hague; the assembly recognized the value of his invention but refused to grant a thirty-year monopoly, after which the instrument's design spread rapidly across Europe.
Sources
- Patent request by Hans Lipperhey (2 October 1608) — Hans Lipperhey (1608)
- The Telescope — Albert Van Helden (1977)