1620 ⟶ First Compound Microscopes Appear in Europe
Appearance of the first compound microscopes in Europe.
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📷 Camera Obscura Introduced in Europe
🔭 Telescope Patent Applications
Telescope: Patent applied for by Hans Lippershey. Actual inventor unknown since it seemed to already be a common item being offered by the spectacle makers in the Netherlands with Jacob Metius also applying for patent and the son of Zacharias Janssen making a claim 47 years later that his father invented it.⟶
OpticsScientific RevolutionHans Lippershey
Netherlands🔬 First Compound Microscopes Appear in Europe
Appearance of the first compound microscopes in Europe.⟶
MicroscopyScientific RevolutionOpticsScientific Instruments
🔬 Compound Microscope Emerges in Europe
Compound microscopes, which combine an objective lens with an eyepiece to view a real image, first appear in Europe. Apparently derived from the telescope, actual inventor unknown, variously attributed to Zacharias Janssen (his son claiming it was invented in 1590), Cornelis Drebbel, and Galileo Galilei.⟶
MicroscopyScientific RevolutionOptics
🔭 James Gregory Publishes Design for Reflecting Telescope
James Gregory publishes designs for a reflecting telescope.⟶
AstronomyOpticsTelescopesScientific RevolutionInstrumentation
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