1608 ⟶ Telescope Patent Applications

Telescope: Patent applied for by Hans Lippershey. Actual inv...

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1608

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1656

1680

🔭 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.⟶

Telescope Patent Applications (1608)

OpticsScientific RevolutionHans Lippershey

Netherlands

🔭 First Recorded Optical Telescope

Earliest record of an optical telescope.⟶

First Recorded Optical Telescope (1608)

Scientific RevolutionOpticsAstronomyDutch RepublicHans LippersheyTelescopeObservation

Netherlands

🔬 Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction

Willebrord Snellius: the law of refraction also known as Snell's law.⟶

$Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction (1628)$

PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionMathematics

Netherlands

⏱️ Pendulum Clock Invention

Pendulum clock: Invented by Christiaan Huygens. It was first conceptualized in 1637 by Galileo Galilei but he was unable to create a working model.⟶

Pendulum Clock Invention (1656)

Scientific RevolutionTimekeepingClockmakingMechanicsChristiaan HuygensGalileo Galilei

Netherlands

⚙️ Huygens Describes the First Piston Engine

Christiaan Huygens provides the first known description of a piston engine.⟶

Huygens Describes the First Piston Engine (1680)

Scientific RevolutionInventionsEngine

Netherlands