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Galilean telescope   /gˌæləlˈiən tˈɛləskˌoʊp/   Listen
Galilean telescope

noun
1.
A type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy.





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"Galilean telescope" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Galilean telescope was invented in 1609. But the magnifying power of certain lenses, and their combination in producing singular visual effects, are alluded to in the writings of several early authors. The value of single lenses as an aid to sight had been ...
— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard
... of Kepler, who was by no means a man of one idea, it ought to be here recorded that he was the first to suggest that a telescope made with both lenses convex (not a Galilean telescope) can have cross wires in the focus, for use as a pointer to fix accurately the positions of stars. An Englishman, Gascoigne, was the first to ...
— History of Astronomy • George Forbes


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