Telescope
InventorHans Lipperhey
Year1608
CategoryScience
OriginNetherlands
About Telescope
Galileo did not invent the telescope but was first to point it at the sky. He discovered Jupiters moons, craters on the Moon, and phases of Venus. The Church forced him to recant his findings. Lipperhey was denied a patent because the design was too easy to copy.
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