JonBankert opened this issue on Jan 07, 2004 ยท 6 posts
JonBankert posted Wed, 07 January 2004 at 8:31 PM
I'm looking for an ancient-looking brass-type telescope on a stand, preferably ornate. Think Galileo or Copernicus or an alchemist.
Anybody got any ideas?
Thanks,
Jon Bankert
geoegress posted Wed, 07 January 2004 at 8:49 PM
got a picture?
Nightwind posted Thu, 08 January 2004 at 2:27 AM
Not sure if this is what JonBankert wanted, but there is a picture of Galileo's telescope and a drawing of it on a stand here: http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/telescope.html#telescope Looks interesting.:)
JonBankert posted Thu, 08 January 2004 at 4:49 AM
Yes, Nightwind, that's exactly it! Anyone seen one anywhere?
Anthony Appleyard posted Thu, 08 January 2004 at 5:57 AM
Attached Link: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/lippershey.html
There weren't telescopes in the Middle Ages. Lippershey invented the first known telescope around 1600AD. See this link.
pakled posted Thu, 08 January 2004 at 9:30 AM
Newton invented a reflecting telescope just a few decades later..;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)