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INVENTIONS
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Who was the inventor to first patent a telescope? He called his invention the ‘looker’ and was able to magnify things to three times their normal size.
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Hans Lippershey
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Hans Brown
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Hans Bread
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Hans Shoe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first person to apply for a patent for a telescope was Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey (or Lipperhey). In 1608, Lippershey laid claim to a device that could magnify objects three times. His telescope had a concave eyepiece aligned with a convex objective lens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The history of the telescope can be traced to before the invention of the earliest known telescope, which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when a patent was submitted by Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass maker. Although Lippershey did not receive his patent, news of the invention soon spread across Europe.
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