Patent Application for Telescope
This is a facsimile of the original patent application which Hans Lipperhey filed for his new invention - "an instrument for looking into the distance." CreditsDocument located at Algemeen Rijksarchief (National Archives) of The Netherlands. [The Hague, MSS "Staten-Generaal," Vol. 33, f. 178v.] Image online, courtesy Albert Van Helden at Connexions.org. |
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