The first person to apply for a patent for a telescope was Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey (or Lipperhey). In 1608, Lippershey laid claim to a device that could magnify objects three times.

Lippershey first showed his telescope to Prince Maurice of Nassau in September 1608. But he was denied the patent he applied for on October 2, 1608, because other scientists and glass makers came ...

Though telescopes were invented in 1608, Herschel constructed a large one of his own in 1774, and he used it for nine years ...

One day in 1608, Lippershey was in ... Galileo was able to produce his own, and it's thought that his telescope was the first one to observe the heavens. Over the next several decades, ...

First Invented In 1608, By Hans Lippershey. There is some contention surrounding who first invented the telescope, but most ...

1608: Galileo experiments. The first telescope was unveiled in the Netherlands in 1608, made by Jacob Metius and Hans Lippershey. It was made famous, however, by Italian mathematician Galileo, who ...

Photo: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis View Slideshow 1608: Hans Lippershey, a German-born Dutch spectacle-maker, demonstrates the first refracting telescope, the forerunner of the modern optical telescope.

In 1608, Hans Lipperhey in the Netherlands applied for a patent on a pair of lenses, ... The first "modern" research telescopes were made in the late 19th century.

But it wasn't until 1608 that the Dutch optometrist Hans Lippershey applied for a patent on an invention that combined ... Galileo's first telescope offered limited magnification and a ...

The first telescopes, invented in 1608, consisted of two simple concave and convex lenses. When placed at a specified distance apart from one another, these lenses could magnify an image about ...

Lippershey first showed his telescope to Prince Maurice of Nassau in September 1608. But he was denied the patent he applied for on October 2, 1608, because other scientists and glass makers came ...