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Newtonian Telescope, 17th Century
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Title:
Newtonian Telescope, 17th Century
Caption:
Newtonian Telescope, 17th Century. The Newtonian telescope is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English physicist Sir Isaac Newton (16421727). The earliest known functional reflecting telescope, completed in 1668, it used a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The Great Inventions, 1870.
Credit:
Album / Science Source
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Image size:
3385 x 4050 px | 39.2 MB
Print size:
28.7 x 34.3 cm | 11.3 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • 17TH • ART • ARTWORK • ASTRONOMER • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY • BRITISH • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTURY • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • FAMOUS • FIGUIER • GRANDES • GREAT • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • IMPORTANT • INVENTION • INVENTIONS • LÈS • LOUIS • NEWTONIAN • OPTICAL • OPTICS • REFRACTING • REFRACTOR • TELESCOPE • XVII CENTURY
