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jun 29, 1608 - When was the telescope first invented?

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It is quite a common belief that Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei invented the telescope but this is not strictly true. The earliest workings towards the design of the refracting telescope were made by German-Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey (above) in 1608.

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jun 29, 1608
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~ 417 years ago

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